Comparison of growth hormone responses to growth hormone-releasing factor and clonidine in women with normal or poor ovarian response to gonadotropin stimulation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 791-799

  Salat Baroux, J ^a   Rotten, D ^a   Alvarez, S ^a   Antoine, J M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

GH provocative tests; GH secretion; growth factors; ovarian response; ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0027361940     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)56278-5     Document Type: Article

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