Failure to collect oocytes in assisted reproductive technology: A retrospective

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-87

  Driscoll, G L ^a   Tyler, J P P ^a   Knight, D C ^a   Cooke, S ^a   Kime, L ^a   Clark, L ^a   Bernstein, J ^a  

^a IVFAustralia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Follicle aspiration; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte collection

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DATA BASE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031932368     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.84     Document Type: Article

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