Short versus long gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue suppression protocols for superovulation in patients ≥40 years old undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 644-648

  Sbracia, Marco ^a   Farina, Antonio ^b,c   Poverini, Roberta ^a   Morgia, Francesco ^d   Schimberni, Mauro ^d   Aragona, Cesare ^d,e  

^a Ctr for Endocrinol and Repro Med   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Istologia Ed Embriologia Medica

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Bioroma   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; GnRH analogue; IVF outcome; Long protocol; Short protocol

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; PROFASI HP 5000; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPEROVULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPEROVULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24944489240     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.02.046     Document Type: Article

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