Effect of body mass index and follicular synchrony in the ovarian response to ovulation induction with menotropins

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 156-159

  Kably Ambe, Alberto ^a,b   Barrón Vallejo, Jesús ^a   Limón Luque, Laura M ^a  

^a Assisted Reproduction Unit   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Infertility; Menotropins; Ovulation induction; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENOTROPINS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; VAGINA;

EID: 0345280054     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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