Adverse effects of excessive ovarian response on the pregnancy rate of in vitro fertilization treatment

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-7

  Ng, Ernest Hung Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEUPLOIDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MORPHOMETRICS; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 60749098844     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590802296237     Document Type: Editorial

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