Ovarian follicular flushing among low-responding patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1381-1384

  Levens, Eric D ^a,b,c   Whitcomb, Brian W ^c   Payson, Mark D ^a,b   Larsen, Frederick W ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449095085     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.034     Document Type: Article

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