Long-term evaluation of implantation of fresh and cryopreserved human embryos following ovarian stimulation with buserelin acetate-human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) or clomiphene citrate-HMG

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2097-2106

  Van Der Elst, Josiane ^a   Van Den Abbeel, Etienne ^a   Camus, Michel ^a   Smitz, Johan ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a   Van Steirteghem, André ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buserelin; Clomiphene citrate; Embryo cryopreservation; GnRH agonists; Implantation

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THAWING;

EID: 0029850577     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019056     Document Type: Article

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