Failure of the GnRH antagonist ganirelix to block the positive feedback effect of exogenous estrogen in normal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1554-1556

  Messinis, Ioannis E ^a   Vanakara, Polyxeni ^a   Zavos, Apostolos ^a   Verikouki, Christina ^a   Georgoulias, Panagiotis ^a   Dafopoulos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GANIRELIX; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; GONADORELIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEALTH; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77956190723     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.055     Document Type: Article

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