Comparison between steroid hormones and cortisol in serum and follicular fluid in stimulated and unstimulated cycles of in vitro fertilization patients

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-168

  Mantzavinos, T ^a,b   Phocas, I ^a   Vitoratos, N ^a   Photopoulos, S ^a   Hassiakos, D ^a   Antoniou, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Euromedica Inst of High Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cortisol; GnRH agonists; Gonadotropins; IVF; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030962233     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513599709152530     Document Type: Article

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