Bersinger, N A; Wunder, D M; Nicolas, M; Birkhäuser, M H; Porquet, D; Guibourdenche, J (2008). Serum hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin to predict the gestational outcome in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection pregnancies. Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 24(1), pp. 74-8. Basel: Karger 10.1159/000132412
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin (H-hCG) is secreted by the placenta in early pregnancy. Decreased H-hCG levels have been associated with abortion in spontaneous pregnancy. We retrospectively measured H-hCG and dimeric hCG in the sera of 87 in vitro fertilization patients obtained in the 3 weeks following embryo transfer and set the results in relation to pregnancy outcome. H-hCG and dimeric hCG were correlated (r(2) = 0.89), and were significantly decreased in biochemical pregnancy (2 microg/l and 18 IU/l, respectively) compared to early pregnancy loss (22 microg/l and 331 IU/l) and ongoing pregnancy (32 microg/l and 353 IU/l). Only H-hCG tended to discriminate between these last two groups.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bersinger, Nick A., Wunder, Dorothea, Birkhäuser, Martin |
ISSN: |
1015-3837 |
ISBN: |
18504387 |
Publisher: |
Karger |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:04 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:19 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1159/000132412 |
PubMed ID: |
18504387 |
Web of Science ID: |
000257516500015 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/27856 (FactScience: 112948) |
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