Is the occurrence of the empty follicle syndrome a predictor that a subsequent stimulated cycle will be an unfavourable one?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 571-574

  Lorusso, Filomenamila ^a   Depalo, Raffaella ^a   Tsadilas, Spiros ^a   Caradonna, Francesco ^a   Di Gilio, Annarosa ^a   Capotorto, Maria Teresa ^a   Vacca, Margherita ^a   Nappi, Luigi ^a   Selvaggi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empty follicle syndrome; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; IVF; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMPTY OVARY FOLLICLE SYNDROME; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 18444402489     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61662-8     Document Type: Article

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