Cortisol and cortisone in human follicular fluid and serum and the outcome of IVF treatment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1613-1617

  Lewicka, Sabina ^a   Von Hagens, Cornelia ^a   Hettinger, Ute ^a   Grunwald, Klaus ^a   Vecsei, Paul ^a   Runnebaum, Benno ^a   Rabe, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cortisone; Follicular fluid; IVF

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTISONE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUPRORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042123583     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg352     Document Type: Article

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