High-dose human menopausal gonadotropin stimulation in poor responders does not improve in vitro fertilization outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 961-965

  Land, J A ^a   Yarmolinskaya, M I ^a   Dumoulin, J C M ^a   Evers, J L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gonadotropins; In vitro fertilization; menotropins; poor responders; poor response

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029868629     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58269-7     Document Type: Article

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