Glucocorticoid supplementation during ovarian stimulation for IVF or ICSI

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Pandian, Zabeena ^a   Keay, Stephen D ^b   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO;

BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950155826     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004752     Document Type: Review

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