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Ultrasonographic characteristics of the endometrium among patients with fibroids undergoing ART.

Levens ED, Stegmann BJ, Feinberg EC, Larsen FW

Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 10, CRC, Room E1-3140, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. levense@mail.nih.gov

A retrospective cohort study examining all completed nondonor first ART cycles was performed to evaluate the ultrasonographic appearance of the endometrial pattern and thickness at time of hCG administration among precycle screened patients with uterine fibroids compared with patients without fibroids. There was no difference in the endometrial thickness (10.3 +/- 2.0 mm vs. 10.0 +/- 2.6 mm) between those with fibroids and controls; however, the rate of nonproliferative endometrial pattern (3.1% vs. 1.0%) and live birth rates (34.4% vs. 43.0%) were significantly different, most notably among those patients with intramural fibroids.

Published 14 April 2008 in Fertil Steril, 89(4): 1005-7.
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