A comparative study of the effect of ovarian stimulation protocols with different gonadotropin preparations on the biological and clinical parameters of the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 286-289

  Drakakis, P ^a,b   Loutradis, D ^a   Kallianidis, K ^a   Bletsa, R ^a   Milingos, S ^a   Dionyssiou Asteriou, A ^a   Michalas, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY STIMULATION; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; BUSERELIN; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOTROPINS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036988662     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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