Excessive follicular response to controlled ovarian stimulation in a woman with menopausal FSH levels: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-109

  Tozer, A J ^a   Al Shawaf, T ^a   Gillott, C M Y ^a   Lower, A M ^a   Grudzinskas, J G ^a,b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Corticotherapy; FSH; Infertility

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0346055098     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh006     Document Type: Article

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