Effect of androgen supplementation or modulation on ovarian stimulation outcome in poor responders: A meta-analysis

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-555

  Sunkara, Sesh Kamal ^a   Pundir, Jyotsna ^a   Khalaf, Yakoub ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

androgens; controlled studies; IVF; poor responders; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTEREONE; GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRTH RATE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANDROGENS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITRILES; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TESTOSTERONE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 79958037265     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.01.015     Document Type: Review

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