Diminished intrafollicular estradiol levels in in vitro fertilization cycles from women with reduced ovarian response to recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1377-1383

  Foong, Shu C ^a   Abbott, David H ^b,c   Lesnick, Timothy G ^a   Session, Donna R ^a   Walker, David L ^a   Dumesic, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Follicular fluid; Granulosa cell; IVF; Theca cell

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; INSULIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 18144367801     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.041     Document Type: Article

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