A prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing highly purified hMG with recombinant FSH in women undergoing ICSI: Ovarian response and clinical outcomes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1194-1199

  Kilani, Z ^b   Dakkak, A ^b   Ghunaim, S ^b   Cognigni, G E ^a   Tabarelli, C ^a   Parmegiani, L ^a   Filicori, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Farah Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Highly purified hMG; ICSI; LH; Ovulation induction; Recombinant FSH

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0038746604     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg252     Document Type: Article

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