Changes in vascular endothelial growth factor levels and the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women enrolled in an in vitro fertilization program

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 560-564

  Artini, Paolo Giovanni ^a   Fasciani, Alessandro ^a   Monti, Massimiliano ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^a   D'Ambrogio, Gerardo ^a   Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; Human chorionic gonadotropin; In vitro fertilization; Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; Plasma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031690496     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00221-0     Document Type: Article

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