Recovery of corpus luteum function after prolonged deprivation from gonadotrophin stimulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 943-949

  Weissman, A ^a,b   Loumaye, E ^c   Shoham, Z ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; GnRH agonist; Gonadotrophins; Luteal support; Ovulation induction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029937357     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019329     Document Type: Article

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