An evaluation of the multiple dose protocol of cetrorelix in single ovary women

In Vivo

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-92

  Asimakopoulos, Byron ^b   Nikolettos, Nikos ^b   Al Hasani, Safaa ^a   Diedrich, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cetrorelix; ICSI; Infertility; Ovarian stimulation; Single ovary

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE OVARY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037242975     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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