Initiation of periovulatory events in gonadotrophin-stimulated macaques with varying doses of recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1877-1885

  Zelinski Wooten, M B ^a   Hutchison, J S ^b,e   Trinchard Lugan, I ^c   Hess, D L ^a,d   Wolf, D P ^a,d   Stouffer, R L ^a,d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ares Advanced Technology   (United States)

^c Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e R W JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RES I   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophin surge; Granulosa cell; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte maturation; Recombinant HCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZATION; MACACA; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0030733515     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.9.1877     Document Type: Article

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