Follicular phase endocrine characteristics during ovarian stimulation and gnrh antagonist cotreatment for IVF: RCT comparing recFSH initiated on cycle day 2 or 5

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1122-1128

  Blockeel, Christophe ^a   Sterrenburg, Monique D ^b   Broekmans, Frank J ^b   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^b,c   Smitz, Johan ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a   Fauser, Bart C J M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 79953878958     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2239     Document Type: Article

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