Differential effect of exogenous human chorionic gonadotrophin on progesterone production from normal or malfunctioning corpus luteum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1907-1911

  Momoeda, Mikio ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a   Morita, Yutaka ^a   Igarashi, Toshio ^a   Suenaga, Akihiko ^a   Osuga, Yutaka ^a   Shiotsu, Hidemi ^a   Yano, Tetsu ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Luteal phase defect; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031873568     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.1907     Document Type: Article

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