The effect of human menopausal gonadotrophin and highly purified, urine-derived follicle stimulating hormone on the outcome of in-vitro fertilization in down-regulated normogonadotrophic women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1209-1213

  Westergaard, Lars G ^a   Erb, Karin ^a   Laursen, Steen ^a   Rasmussen, Per E ^a   Rex, Sven ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GnRHa down regulation; HMG; IVF; LH content; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030055747     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019357     Document Type: Article

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