Elevated basal FSH levels, if it is under 15 IU/L, will not reflect poor ART outcomes

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 73-77

  Kojima, Rieko ^a   Nakagawa, Koji ^a   Nakashima, Akira ^a   Horikawa, Takashi ^a   Ohgi, Shirei ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

ART; Basal FSH; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; FORISTIM; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 40149088137     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9195-9     Document Type: Article

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