Pharmacodynamics of a single low dose of long-acting recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH-carboxy terminal peptide, corifollitropin alfa) in women with World Health Organization group II anovulatory infertility

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 6297-6304

  Balen, A H ^a   Mulders, A G ^b   Fauser, B C ^b   Schoot, B C ^c   Renier, M A ^d   Devroey, P ^e   Struijs, M J ^f   Mannaerts, B M ^f,g  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^g Clinical Development Department   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; INHIBIN B; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WITHDRAWAL BLEEDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 10344231983     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0668     Document Type: Article

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