Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome despite low plasma oestrogen concentrations in a hypogonadotrophic, hypogonadal patient

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1177-1179

  Levy, Tally ^a,b   Orvieto, Raoul ^a,b   Homburg, Roy ^a,b   Peleg, Dan ^a,b   Dekel, Arie ^a,b   Ben Rafael, Zion ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism; Oestradiol concentration; OHSS; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; OVARY DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION;

EID: 0030016620     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019350     Document Type: Article

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