Progesterone elevation on the day of hCG: Methodological issues

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-392

  Fleming, Richard ^a  

^a Glasgow Centre for Reproductive Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; NAFARELIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NIDATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45549092001     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmn019     Document Type: Letter

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