Leuprolide acetate reduces both in vivo and in vitro ovarian steroidogenesis in infertile women undergoing assisted reproduction

Steroids

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1475-1484

  Silva, Alcione L A ^a   Abreu, Lauriane G A ^a   Rosa e Silva, Ana Carolina J S ^a   Ferriani, Rui A ^a   Silva de Sá, Marcos F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Estradiol; GnRH analogues; Luteinized granulosa cells; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONAL; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LEUPROLIDE; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 55549091370     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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