Comparison of the efficacy and safety of a highly purified human follicle-stimulating hormone (Bravelle™) and recombinant follitropin-β for in vitro fertilization: A prospective, randomized study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1202-1208

  Dickey, Richard P ^a   Thornton, Melvin ^b   Nichols, John ^c   Marshall, Dennis C ^d   Fein, Seymour H ^d   Nardi, Ronald V ^d  

^a Fertility Institute of New Orleans   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c Greenville Hospital   (United States)

^d Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bravelle; Follistim; Follitropin ; Highly purified; Human clinical trial; In vitro fertilization; Intramuscular; Pregnancy; Subcutaneous; Urofollitropin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; NOVAREL; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; OOCYTE; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEUPROLIDE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PAIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SAFETY;

EID: 0036282998     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03131-X     Document Type: Article

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