Comparison of serum and follicular fluid hormone levels with recombinant and urinary human chorionic gonadotropin during in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2133-2137

  Kovacs, Peter ^a   Kovats, Timea ^a   Bernard, Artur ^a   Zadori, Janos ^b   Szmatona, Gabor ^a   Kaali, Steven G ^a  

^a Kaali Institute IVF Center   (Hungary)

^b Kaáli Institute   (Hungary)

Author keywords

follicular fluid; human chorionic gonadotropin; Recombinant; serum; steroid; urinary

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HORMONES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFERTILITY; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56649115902     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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