An ongoing pregnancy from two waves of follicles developing during a long follicular phase of the same cycle

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 350.e8-350.e11

  Bentov, Yaakov ^a,b,c   Esfandiari, Navid ^a,b   Gokturk, Asli ^a   Burstein, Eliezer ^a,b,c   Fainaru, Ofer ^a,b,c   Casper, Robert F ^a,b,c  

^a Toronto Centre for Advanced Reproductive Technology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

follicular growth; In vitro fertilization; ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77952551561     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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