Is there a place for corifollitropin alfa in IVF/ICSI cycles? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 876-885

  Mahmoud Youssef, Mohamed Abdelfattah ^a,b,c   Van Wely, Madelon ^b   Aboulfoutouh, Ismail ^c   El Khyat, Walid ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^b   Al Inany, Hesham ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Egyptian International Fertility Center IVF   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corifollitropin alfa; follicle stimulating hormone C terminal peptide; FSH CTP; ICSI; IVF; meta analysis; Org 36286; Org 36286; Org36286; rFSH

Indexed keywords

CORIFOLLITROPIN ALFA; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBASE; EMBRYO; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MISSED ABORTION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84859160411     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.01.092     Document Type: Article

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