What clinical evidence for an LH ceiling?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1556-1557

  Filicori, Marco ^a   Cognini, Graciela E ^a   Ciampaglia, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANOVULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037963609     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg304     Document Type: Letter

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