Miscarriage rates after dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) supplementation in women with diminished ovarian reserve: A case control study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 108-

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b   Ryan, Eddy ^c   Weghofer, Andrea ^a,d   Blanco Mejia, Sonia ^c   Barad, David H ^a,e  

^a The Center for Human Reproduction New York and the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Toronto West Fertility Associates   (Canada)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449516253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-108     Document Type: Article

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