Follicular phase serum levels of luteinizing hormone do not influence delivery rates in in vitro fertilization cycles down-regulated with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist and stimulated with recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Cabrera, Rafael A ^a   Stadtmauer, Laurel ^a   Mayer, Jacob F ^a   Gibbons, William E ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a  

^a The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; IVF; pregnancy; recombinant FSH; serum LH levels

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11844294981     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.06.050     Document Type: Article

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