Abstract STUDY QUESTION Do the Bologna criteria for poor responders successfully
identify women with poor IVF outcome? SUMMARY ANSWER The Bologna criteria …

STUDY QUESTION Are women with endometriosis who conceive with IVF at increased risk
of preterm birth? SUMMARY ANSWER Women with endometriosis who conceive with IVF …

Purpose Premature luteinization (PL) affects 12.3–46.7% of fresh in vitro fertilization cycles,
and there is accumulating evidence confirming its negative effect on success rates …

The effect of a raised body mass index (BMI) on the outcome of assisted reproduction
technology (ART) still represents a controversial issue. Even less clear is whether BMI acts …

Endometriosis and autoimmune diseases share a hyper-inflammatory state that might
negatively impact the embryo–endometrium crosstalk. Inflammatory and immune …

STUDY QUESTION Are there any baseline predictors of progesterone elevation (PE) on the
day of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) which are not associated with the intensity of …

Assisted reproduction technology laboratories have a very high degree of complexity.
Mismatches of gametes or embryos can occur, with catastrophic consequences for patients …

Background It was been agreed that significantly elevated progesterone level on the hCG
trigger day have detrimental effect on clinical outcomes in IVF/ICSI cycles. However, few …

Objective To evaluate whether women with endometriosis achieving singleton pregnancies
with IVF face an increased risk of miscarriage. Design Matched case-control study. Setting …

Research question Can previous reports of a decreased probability of success in stimulated
IVF cycles with premature rise of progesterone, as determined by progesterone …