Effect of midfollicular luteinizing hormone levels on ovarian response and pregnancy outcome in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization in a short-term protocol

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1043-1046

  Liu, Su Ying ^a   Han, Jin Lan ^a   Peng, Xian Dong ^a   Dong, Xi ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Yan, Jing Ming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

EID: 17044432160     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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