Minimal ovarian hyperstimulation for in vitro fertilization using sequential clomiphene citrate and gonadotropin with or without the addition of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1068-1072

  Williams, Shaun C ^a,b   Gibbons, William E ^a   Muasher, Suheil J ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH antagonist; IVF; Minimal stimulation; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0036842431     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03374-5     Document Type: Article

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