Gonadotropin therapy: A 20th century relic

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 813-818

  Reindollar, Richard H ^a   Goldman, Marlene B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SUPEROVULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPINS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUPEROVULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859143924     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.02.048     Document Type: Review

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