Exacerbation of ovarian hyperstimulation by leuprolide reveals a gonadotroph adenoma

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1311-1313

  Castelbaum, Arthur J ^a,c,d   Bigdeli, Homayoun ^a,e   Post, Kalmon D ^a,f   Freedman, Martin F ^a,c   Snyder, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 778 Clinical Research Building ^*  (United States)

^c N Fertil and Repro Associates   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; Gonadotroph adenoma; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; Leuprolide; Ovarian hyperstimulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036903392     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04342-X     Document Type: Article

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