Premature luteinization during gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist cycles and its relationship with in vitro fertilization outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1444-1449

  Bosch, Ernesto ^a   Valencia, Iván ^a   Escudero, Ernesto ^a   Crespo, Juana ^a   Simón, Carlos ^a,b   Remohí, José ^a,b   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

GnRH antagonist; In vitro fertilization; Premature luteinization; Recombinant FSH

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LUTEINIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0346849999     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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