Basal FSH concentration as a predictor of IVF outcome in older women undergoing stimulation with GnRH antagonist

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 815-820

  Caroppo, Ettore ^a   Matteo, Maria ^a   Schonauer, Luca Maria ^a   Vizziello, Giovanni ^a   Pasquadibisceglie, Annamaria ^a   Vitti, Angela ^a   D'Amato, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced age; Assisted reproduction; Day 3 FSH; GnRH antagonist; Oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; INHIBIN B; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33845882292     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61029-2     Document Type: Article

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