An initial low response predicts poor outcome in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection despite improved ovarian response in consecutive cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1384-1390

  Veleva, Zdravka ^a   Järvelä, Ilkka Y ^a   Nuojua Huttunen, Sinikka ^b   Martikainen, Hannu ^a   Tapanainen, Juha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FAMILY FEDERATION OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

IVF ICSI; Low response; Ovary; Top quality embryo

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; NAFARELIN; NAFARELIN ACETATE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18144370106     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.056     Document Type: Article

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