The prevalence of genuine empty follicle syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1375-1377

  Mesen, Tolga B ^a,b   Yu, Bo ^a   Richter, Kevin S ^c   Widra, Eric ^c   DeCherney, Alan H ^a   Segars, James H ^a,d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center   (United States)

^d CRC   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; Empty follicle syndrome; follicle development; follicle maturation; hCG resistance; oocyte apoptosis; oocyte development; oocyte maturation failure

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FALSE EMPTY FOLLICLE SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENUINE EMPTY FOLLICLE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 82455217342     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.09.047     Document Type: Article

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