Nitric oxide donors for patients undergoing IVF. A prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2615-2620

  Ohl, Jeanine ^a   Lefèbvre Maunoury, Catherine ^b   Wittemer, Christiane ^a   Nisand, Gabriel ^c   Laurent, Marie Christine ^d   Hoffmann, Pascale ^e  

^a SIHCUS CMCO Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Implantation; IVF; Nitric oxide donors

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; AGONIST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVOUSNESS; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0036799065     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.10.2615     Document Type: Article

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