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SUBMITTER: Kamel A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941656 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kamel Ahmed A Halim Ayman A AA Shehata Mohamed M AlFarra Salwa S El-Faissal Yahia Y Ramadan Wafaa W Hussein Ahmed M AM
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20180509 1
<h4>Background</h4>Transient hyperprolactinemia was proven to adversely affect the outcome of IVF. We aimed to identify changes in serum prolactin levels in patients undergoing ICSI, and to evaluate the effect of these changes on the clinical pregnancy rate.<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective observational study included 90 patients scheduled for ICSI cycles. In each case 4 serum samples were collected during the cycle (midluteal, before ovum pick up procedure (OPU), 2 h after OPU, and before embryo t ...[more]