Relevance of basal serum FSH to IVF outcome varies with patient age

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-19

  Sabatini, Luca ^a   Zosmer, A ^a   Hennessy, E M ^b   Tozer, A ^a   Al Shawaf, T ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; FSH; IVF; Live birth

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 48249150770     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60287-8     Document Type: Article

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