Insulin resistance and free androgen index correlate with the outcome of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in non-PCOS women undergoing IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 504-509

  Dickerson, E H ^a   Cho, L W ^a   Maguiness, S D ^b   Killick, S L ^b   Robinson, J ^b   Atkin, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hull Women and Children's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free androgen index; Insulin resistance; Ovarian follicle count; Ovarian stimulation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74549151054     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep393     Document Type: Article

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