Urinary hMG (Meropur) versus recombinant FSH plus recombinant LH (Pergoveris) in IVF: A multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2467-2469

  Pacchiarotti, Alessandro ^a   Sbracia, Marco ^b,c   Frega, Antonio ^a   Selman, Helmy ^a   Rinaldi, Leonardo ^a,d   Pacchiarotti, Arianna ^a  

^a Praxi Pro Vita IVF Center   (Italy)

^b Vita IVF Center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

rFSH; rLH; Triptorelin; uhMG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; MEROPUR; PERGOVERIS; PROGEFFIK 200; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN PLUS RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MENOTROPINS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 78049292235     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.035     Document Type: Article

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