Women with advanced-stage endometriosis and previous surgery respond less well to gonadotropin stimulation, but have similar IVF implantation and delivery rates compared with women with tubal factor infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1568-1572

  Matalliotakis, Ioannis M ^a,b   Cakmak, Hakan ^a   Mahutte, Neal ^c   Fragouli, Yvoni ^d   Arici, Aydin ^a   Sakkas, Denny ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; implantation; infertility; IVF ET; ovarian reserve; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE TUBE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548536776     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.037     Document Type: Article

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