The effect of withholding gonadotropin (a coasting period) on the outcome of in vitro fertilization cycles

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Owj, M ^a   Tehrani Nejad, E Sh ^a,b   Amirchaghmaghi, E ^a   Ezabadi, Z ^a   Baghestani, A R ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coasting; Coasting period; In vitro fertilization; Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STIMULATION; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250738800     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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