Optimal reproductive competence of oocytes retrieved through follicular flushing in minimal stimulation IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-123

  Mendez Lozano, Daniel H ^a   Scheffer, Juliano Bruin ^a   Frydman, Nelly ^b,c   Fay, Stéphanie ^a   Fanchin, Renato ^a   Frydman, René ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo implantation; Follicular flushing; Oocyte quality; Poor responders

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICULE ASPIRATION; OVARY FOLLICULE FLUSHING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

EID: 38849188015     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60564-0     Document Type: Article

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