Discrimination between chronological and ovarian age in infertile women aged 35 years and older: Predicting pregnancy using basal follicle stimulating hormone, age and number of ovulation induction/intra-uterine insemination cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1214-1219

  Magarelli, Paul C ^a,b   Pearlstone, Anthony C ^a,c   Buyalos, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Werlin Zarutskie Fertility Centers   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; Maternal age; Ovulation induction

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030056013     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019358     Document Type: Article

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