Comparison of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and antagonists in assisted reproduction cycles of polycystic ovarian syndrome patients

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 605-610

  Hosseini, Marzieh Agha ^a   Aleyasin, Ashraf ^a   Saeedi, Hojjatollah ^a   Mahdavi, Atossa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; GnRH agonist; GnRH antagonist; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADORELIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BUSERELIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 77953349244     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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