Serum progesterone levels on day of embryo transfer in frozen embryo transfer cycles-the truth lies in the detail

Birgit Alsbjerg^{1

2}, Elena Labarta³, Peter Humaidan^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ The Fertility Clinic, Skive Regional Hospital, Skive, Denmark. alsbjerg@dadlnet.dk.
² The Department of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. alsbjerg@dadlnet.dk.
³ Department of Human Reproduction, Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Spain.
⁴ The Fertility Clinic, Skive Regional Hospital, Skive, Denmark.
⁵ The Department of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

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Birgit Alsbjerg et al. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;37(8):2045-2046.

doi: 10.1007/s10815-020-01851-1. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

Birgit Alsbjerg^{1

2}, Elena Labarta³, Peter Humaidan^{4

5}

¹ The Fertility Clinic, Skive Regional Hospital, Skive, Denmark. alsbjerg@dadlnet.dk.
² The Department of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. alsbjerg@dadlnet.dk.
³ Department of Human Reproduction, Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Spain.
⁴ The Fertility Clinic, Skive Regional Hospital, Skive, Denmark.
⁵ The Department of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

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Do serum progesterone levels on day of embryo transfer influence pregnancy outcomes in artificial frozen-thaw cycles?
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