Three successful pregnancies with in vitro fertilization embryo transfer over an eight year time span despite elevated basal serum follicle stimulating hormone levels. Case report

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 217-221

  Check, J H ^a,b   Katsoff, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diminished egg reserve; FSH; Hypergonadotropism; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEAL PHASE; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 31144456895     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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