Poor oocyte retrieval is a manifestation of low ovarian reserve

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 504-507

  Younis, Johnny S ^a,b   Skournik, Alex ^a   Radin, Orit ^a   Haddad, Sami ^a   Bar Ami, Shalom ^a   Ben Ami, Moshe ^a,b  

^a Poriya Hospital   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPTY FOLLICLE SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13544259808     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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