Intensive hormone monitoring in women with unexplained infertility: Evidence for subtle abnormalities suggestive of diminished ovarian reserve

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 413-420

  Leach, Richard E ^a   Moghissi, Kamran S ^a   Randolph, John F ^b   Reame, Nancy E ^b   Blacker, Charla M ^a   Ginsburg, Kenneth A ^a   Diamond, Michael P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Ovarian reserve; Steroids; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030851098     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00222-7     Document Type: Article

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