title: Maternal C-reactive protein levels in patients undergoing frozen embryo replacement cycles: a prospective study.
abstract: This prospective study shows that the early pregnancy inflammatory response following frozen embryo replacement (FER) cycles may be absent or suppressed, in contrast to that following IVF. To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the maternal inflammatory response following FER cycles, but larger studies are still required to explore this novel finding, and investigate whether this may explain the lower ongoing pregnancy rates generally achieved following FER cycles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Science, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom. salemshawarby@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Salem A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: El-Shawarby
authors.forename: Gavin P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: Lata
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seyani
authors.forename: Stuart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lavery
authors.forename: Geoffrey H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Trew
mesh_terms: D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein