A large Northern European observational study of follitropin alpha filled-by-mass pre-filled pen

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-508

  Hovatta, Outi ^a   McVeigh, Enda ^b   Lass, Amir ^c   Homburg, Roy ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VU Medical Centre ^*

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Elective single embryo transfer; Filled by mass; Follicle stimulating hormone; Follitropin alpha

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 65249100700     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60126-5     Document Type: Article

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