Treatment outcome in women with a single ovary versus patients with two ovaries undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF/ET)

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-200

  Levitas, E ^a   Furman, B ^a   Shoham Vardi, I ^a   Lunenfeld, E ^a   Potashnik , G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infertility; IVF ET; Pregnancy rate; Single ovary; Unilateral adnexectomy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; TRIPTORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033989489     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00155-4     Document Type: Article

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