Use of luteinizing hormone in the treatment of infertility: Time for reassessment?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-255

  Filicori, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METFORMIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037310431     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04688-5     Document Type: Editorial

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