Cycle scheduling with oral contraceptive pills in the GnRH antagonist protocol vs the long protocol: A randomized, controlled trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 590-593

  Garcia Velasco, Juan A ^a   Bermejo, Alfonso ^a   Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Martinez Salazar, Javier ^a   Requena, Antonio ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

cycle scheduling; GnRH antagonist; IVF; long protocol; Oral contraceptive pills

Indexed keywords

DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DESOGESTREL; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTINS;

EID: 80052268536     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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