Human chorionic gonadotrophin luteal support overcomes luteal phase inadequacy after gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist-induced ovulation in gonadotrophin-stimulated cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3315-3318

  Peñarrubia, Joana ^a   Balasch, Juan ^a,b   Fábregues, Francisco ^a   Creus, Montserrat ^a   Casamitjana, Roser ^a   Ballescá, José L ^a   Puerto, Bienvenido ^a   Vanrell, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

GnRH agonists; HCG; Luteal phase deficiency; Ovulation induction; Plasma progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; NEO FERTINORM; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032423345     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3315     Document Type: Article

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