Anovulations in an ovary during two menstrual cycles enhance the pregnancy potential of oocytes matured in that ovary during the following third cycle

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-100

  Fukuda, Misao ^a   Fukuda, Kiyomi ^a   Andersen, Claus Yding ^b   Byskov, Anne Grete ^b  

^a Fukuda Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anovulation in an ovary; Corpus luteum; Dominant follicle; Pregnancy; Two menstrual cycles

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 0032959416     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.1.96     Document Type: Article

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