Dehydroepiandrosterone supplementation in assisted reproduction: Rationale and results

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-308

  Mamas, Leonidas ^a   Mamas, Eudoxia ^a  

^a Neogenesis IVF Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Diminished ovarian reserve; Intrauterine insemination; IVF; Premature ovarian aging; Premature ovarian failure

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN; PRASTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ACNE; CONCEPTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE OVARIAN AGING; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; VOICE CHANGE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949176933     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32832e0785     Document Type: Review

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