Outcome from consecutive assisted reproduction cycles in patients treated with recombinant follitropin alfa filled-by-bioassay and those treated with recombinant follitropin alfa filled-by-mass

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 408-413

  Balasch, Juan ^a   Fábreques, Francisco ^a   Peñarrubia, Joana ^a   Creus, Montserrat ^a   Manau, Dolors ^a   Vidal, Ester ^a   Casamitjana, Roser ^a   Vanrell, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Follitropin alfa; FSH; Gonadotrophins; Recombinant technology

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842779034     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60924-8     Document Type: Article

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