Prospective analysis of the relationships between the ovarian follicle cohort and basal FSH concentration, the inhibin response to exogenous FSH and ovarian follicle number at different stages of the normal menstrual cycle and after pituitary down-regulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-44

  Yong, Peter Y K ^b   Baird, David T ^a   JooThong, K ^a,b   McNeilly, Alan S ^a   Anderson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicular development; FSH; Inhibin B; Ovarian reserve; Pituitary down regulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OOCYTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0037250891     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg019     Document Type: Article

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