Prediction of the individual follicle-stimulating hormone threshold for gonadotropin induction of ovulation in normogonadotropic anovulatory infertility: An approach to increase safety and efficiency

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-90

  Imani, Babak ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a   Faessen, Gerry H ^b   Bouchard, Philippe ^c   Giudice, Linda C ^b   Fauser, Bart C J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Body mass index; Clomiphene citrate; Exogenous gonadotropins; Follicle stimulating hormone; Follow up studies; Induction of ovulation; Infertility, female, human; Insulin like growth factor; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GONAD; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVULATION; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROLACTIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROTROPIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036153398     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02928-4     Document Type: Article

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