Role of antral follicle count in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination cycles in patients with unexplained subfertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 360-366

  Erdem, Mehmet ^a   Erdem, Ahmet ^a   Guler, Ismail ^a   Atmaca, Songul ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antral follicle count; intrauterine insemination; live birth rate; ovarian reserve test; pregnancy rate; Unexplained subfertility

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; ORGANON; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47849115359     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.028     Document Type: Article

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