Correlation between the amount of follicle stimulating hormone administered and plasma and follicular fluid vascular endothelial growth factor concentrations in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-247

  Artini, P G ^a   Monti, M ^a   Fasciani, A ^a   Tartaglia, M L ^a   D'Ambrogio, G ^a   Genazzani, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicular fluid; Gonadotropins; Human chorionic gonadotropin; In vitro fertilization; Ovulation induction; Plasma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031708741     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513599809015596     Document Type: Article

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