Comparison of the response to ovarian stimulation between women with one ovary and those with two ovaries, in a program of ICSI/ET

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 845-849

  Al Hasani, Safaa ^a   Asimakopoulos, Byron ^b   Nikolettos, Nikos ^b   Diedrich, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; ICSI; Infertility; Ovarian stimulation; Single ovary

Indexed keywords

TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRIPTORELIN;

EID: 0041832339     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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