Assessment of ovarian reserve by using the follicle-stimulating hormone isoform distribution pattern to predict the outcome of in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1547-1549

  Letterie, Gerard S ^a   Lee, James S ^b   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^b  

^a Northwest Center for Reproductive Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750184467     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.03.060     Document Type: Article

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