TY - JOUR
TI - Comparison between steroid hormones and cortisol in serum and follicular
fluid in stimulated and unstimulated cycles of in vitro fertilization
patients
AU - Mantzavinos, T
AU - Phocas, I
AU - Vitoratos, N
AU - Photopoulos, S and
AU - Hassiakos, D
AU - Antoniou, G
JO - Gynecological Endocrinology
PY - 1997
VL - 11
TODO - 3
SP - 163-168
PB - PARTHENON PUBLISHING GROUP
SN - 0951-3590, 1473-0766
TODO - 10.3109/09513599709152530
TODO - gonadotropins; IVF; cortisol; steroid hormones; GnRH agonists
TODO - The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of the
concentrations of serum and follicular fluid steroids and cortisol
levels on the establishment of pregnancies in in vitro fertilization
(IVF).
Our study group consisted of 42 women (group A) who received
gonadotropins for induced of ovulation for IVF. The control group
included 23 women (group B) who underwent in vitro fertilization without
stimulation.
Serum estradiol and progesterone levels were significantly higher in
group A than in group B. Serum and follicular fluid cortisol levels were
similar in both groups A and B. There was no significant difference in
the fertilization rates of the stimulated or unstimulated cycles.
However, there were no pregnancies in group B whereas there was a 28.5%
pregnancy rate in group A.
There were no correlations between the estradiol, progesterone and
cortisol levels when compared to the oocyte maturity and the
fertilization rates in both groups of patients.
ER -