Age and basal FSH as a predictor of ART outcome

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-22

  Karimzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^a   Ghandi, Sedigheh ^b  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age; ART; Pregnancy outcome; Serum FSH

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 67649240395     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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