Triggering with HCG or GnRH agonist in GnRH antagonist treated oocyte donation cycles: A randomised clinical trial

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-66

  Galindo, Anna ^a   Bodri, Daniel ^a   Guillén, Juan José ^a   Colodrón, Marta ^a   Vernaeve, Valérie ^a   Coll, Oriol ^a  

^a Clinica EUGIN   (Spain)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; GnRH antagonist; In vitro fertilisation; OHSS; Oocyte donation

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; LUTEOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPTORELIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749083585     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590802404013     Document Type: Article

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