Profound luteinizing hormone suppression induces a deleterious follicular environment during assisted reproduction technology [6]

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 459-460

  Coppola, Francesco ^a   Potì, Elena Rosa ^a   Barusi, Lorenzo ^a   Ferrari, Bruno ^a   Salvarani, Maria Cristina ^a   Vadora, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIPTORELIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037307319     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04671-X     Document Type: Article

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