A bolus of recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone at midcycle induces periovulatory events following multiple follicular development in macaques

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 554-560

  Zelinski Wooten, M B ^a   Hutchison, J S ^b,e   Hess, D L ^a,c   WoIf, D P ^a,c,d   Stouffer, R L ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ares Advanced Technology   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e R W JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RES I   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophin surge; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte maturation; Recombinant FSH; Recombinant HCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; ITURELIX; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOSA CELL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MACACA; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RHESUS MONKEY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031941823     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.554     Document Type: Article

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