Antral follicle count at down-regulation and prediction of poor ovarian response

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 508-514

  Khairy, Mohammed ^a   Clough, Angela ^a   El Toukhy, Tarek ^a   Coomarasamy, Arri ^a   Khalaf, Yakoub ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antral follicle count; IVF; Ovarian response; Pituitary down regulation; Poor response

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION;

EID: 54449094070     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60237-4     Document Type: Article

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