The possible influence of increased body mass index on the clinical efficacy of standard human chorionic gonadotropin dosage

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-22

  Ashkenazi, J ^c,d   Bar Hava, I ^a,b   Meltcer, S ^a,b   Rabinson, J ^a,b   Anteby, E Y ^a,b   Orvieto, R ^a,b  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ART; BMI; hCG; ICSI; M II oocyte

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; THINNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049115188     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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