The serum follicle-stimulating hormone-to-luteinizing hormone ratio at the start of stimulation with gonadotropins after pituitary down-regulation is inversely correlated with a mature oocyte yield and can predict "low responders"

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 883-888

  Ho, Jason Yen Ping ^a,b   Guu, Hwa Fen ^a   Yi, Yu Chiao ^a   Chen, Ming Jer ^a,c,d   Ho, Esther Shih Chu ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Down regulation; FSH; FSH to LH ratio; LH; Oocyte yield; Poor ovarian response

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17044385700     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.10.040     Document Type: Article

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