Systemic methotrexate to treat ectopic pregnancy does not affect ovarian reserve

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1579-1582

  Oriol, Bárbara ^a   Barrio, Ana ^a   Pacheco, Alberto ^a   Serna, José ^a   Zuzuarregui, José Luis ^b   Garcia Velasco, Juan A ^a,c  

^a IVI Madrid   (Spain)

^b IVI Valencia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMH; Ectopic pregnancy; methotrexate; ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; METHOTREXATE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 55249116803     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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