Effects of recombinant LH supplementation to recombinant FSH during induced ovarian stimulation in the GnRH-agonist protocol: A matched case-control study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Franco Jr , José G ^a,b   Baruffi, Ricardo L R ^a   Oliveira, João Batista A ^a,b   Mauri, Ana L ^a   Petersen, Claudia G ^a,b   Contart, Paula ^a   Felipe, Valeria ^a  

^a Center for Human Reproduction Prof Franco Junior   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG RESPONSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG POTENTIATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 67649873299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-58     Document Type: Article

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