title: Failure to comply with hormone replacement may jeopardize pregnancies in functionally agonadal women: a series report.
abstract: In conclusion, these three functionally agonadal patients illustrate that discontinuing hormone support may have disastrous effects upon early pregnancy. Patients should be educated as to the importance of utilizing medications correctly. In cases where compliance is an issue, embryo transfer should be delayed. If compliance is questioned, a serum progesterone or estradiol measurement should confirm clinical suspicions.
authors.affiliation: Women's Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90033.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: diDonato
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Nola
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Paulson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First / Q000502:physiology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol