Does the addition of clomiphene citrate or letrazole to gonadotropin treatment enhance the oocyte yield in poor responders undergoing IVF?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1067-1072

  Jovanovic, Vuk P ^a,b   Kort, Daniel H ^a   Guarnaccia, Michael M ^a   Sauer, Mark V ^a   Lobo, Rogerio A ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Georgia Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatize inhibitors; Clomiphene citrate; IVF; Letrazole; Poor responders

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CLOMIPHENE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; NITRILES; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84355162155     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-011-9643-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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