Multifollicular recruitment in combination with gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist increased pregnancy rates in intrauterine insemination cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 620-624

  Gómez Palomares, Jose Luis ^a   Acevedo Martín, Belén ^a   Chávez, Marián ^a   Manzanares, Ma Angeles ^a   Ricciarelli, Elisabetta ^a   Hernández, Eleuterio R ^a  

^a Clinica de Medicina de la Reproduccion y Ginecologia FivMadrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

GnRH antagonist; IUI; Ovarian stimulation; pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GANIRELIX; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPAIN;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40249113334     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.035     Document Type: Article

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