Anti-FSH antibodies associate with poor outcome of ovarian stimulation in IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-355

  Haller, Kadri ^a   Salumets, Andres ^a,b   Uibo, Raivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Centre for Infertility Treatment and Medical Genetics   (Estonia)

Author keywords

1VF; Anti FSH antibodies; Follicular fluid; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CETRORELIX; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN ANTIBODY; GANIRELIX; HORMONE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41049085023     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60595-0     Document Type: Article

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