Ovarian stimulation protocols based on follicle-stimulating hormone glycosylation pattern: Impact on oocyte quality and clinical outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1782-1786

  Selman, Helmy ^a   Pacchiarotti, Arianna ^a   El Danasouri, Imam ^b  

^a Praxi Provata Centro Fertilit   (Italy)

^b Istituto Europeo di Medicina della Riproduzione Abruzzese (IEMA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidic human FSH; embryo; FSH glycosylation; less acidic recombinant FSH; oocyte; ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHASE; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957198585     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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