Intensive luteal-phase support with oestradiol and progesterone after GnRH-agonist triggering: Does it help?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 680-681

  Orvieto, Raoul ^a,b  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROFEM; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

HUMAN; LETTER; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; LUTEAL PHASE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE;

BUSERELIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84861816819     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.03.005     Document Type: Letter

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