Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 619-630, November 2009

Low-dose HCG may improve pregnancy rates and lower OHSS in antagonist cycles: a meta-analysis

The data included in this study were presented as a poster at the 24th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, July, 2008.

  • IP Kosmas

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence:
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  • K Zikopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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  • I Georgiou

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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  • E Paraskevaidis

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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  • C Blockeel

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Vrije Univestiteit Brussels (Free University of Brussels), Belgium
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  • H Tournaye

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Vrije Univestiteit Brussels (Free University of Brussels), Belgium
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  • J Van der Elst

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Vrije Univestiteit Brussels (Free University of Brussels), Belgium
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  • P Devroey

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Vrije Univestiteit Brussels (Free University of Brussels), Belgium

Received 9 April 2008; received in revised form 16 September 2008; accepted 3 June 2009. published online 02 August 2010.

Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest.

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 Ioannis Kosmas MD, MSc, PhD, completed his specialty degree in 2002 at the University of Ioannina, Medical School, Greece. After that he spent some time at the Center of Minimal Invasive Surgery at Royal Free Hospital, London (2003) and at the Center of Reproductive Medicine at the Dutch-speaking Free University of Brussels (2004–2007) where he obtained his subspecialty in Reproductive Medicine. His special interest includes meta-analysis and decision sciences, pharmaco-economics and molecular imaging in embryo implantation. Dr Ioannis Kosmas

PII: S1472-6483(09)00071-6

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.007

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 619-630, November 2009

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