IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 42 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog1872.2015

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Original Research
Follicular phase serum and follicular fluid glycodelin measurements in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-antagonist assisted reproduction cycles: A prospective cohort study
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1 Eskisehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eskisehir
2 Eskisehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Eskisehir
3 Eskisehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Eskisehir (Turkey)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2015, 42(3), 367–371; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog1872.2015
Published: 10 June 2015
Abstract

Purpose: To establish the serum pattern for glycodelin and to investigate the possible correlations of serum and follicular fluid (FF) glycodelin with clinical pregnancy in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-antagonist controlled cycles. Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study conducted with 80 infertile couples who received a GnRH-antagonist controlled cycle. Glycodelin levels were measured in FF, day 2-3, and ovarian pick-up (OPU)-day serum samples. Results: There were no significant differences in serum glycodelin concentrations in either the early follicular phase or the preovulatory phase, and in FF glycodelin concentrations between clinically pregnant and non-pregnant patients. OPU-day serum glycodelin was found to be significantly higher than early follicular serum glycodelin level in all patients whether pregnancy occurred or not. Conclusion: Although day 2-3 and OPU-day measurements of serum glycodelin levels were not significant in predicting clinical pregnancy, the pattern of serum glycodelin seems different in GnRH-antagonist controlled cycles than natural and GnRH-agonist controlled cycles.
Keywords
Assisted reproductive technology
Glycodelin
Gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist
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