Successful pregnancy with spontaneous ovulation in a woman with apparent premature ovarian failure who failed to conceive despite four transfers of embryos derived from donated oocytes

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-15

  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

Donor oocytes; High FSH; Natural pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUTEAL PHASE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33646450530     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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