Effect of cotreatment with growth hormone on ovarian stimulation in poor responders to in vitro fertilization [6]

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1251-1253

  Sugaya, Susumu ^a,b   Suzuki, Mina ^b   Fujita, Kazuyuki ^b   Kurabayashi, Takumi ^b   Tanaka, Kenichi ^b  

^a Niigata Workmen's Accident Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LETTER; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038299969     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04959-2     Document Type: Letter

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