The correlation between follicular fluid pregnancy-associated plasma protein a levels, fertilization, and embryo quality in GnRH agonist and GnRH antagonist protocols in ART cycles

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 477-482

  Firouzabadi, Razieh Dehghani ^a   Mohammadian, Farnaz ^b   Mashayekhy, Mehri ^c   Davar, Robab ^a   Eftekhar, Maryam ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Follicular fluid; GnRH agonist; GnRH antagonist; Pregnancy associated plasma protein a

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GANIRELEX; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO QUALITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867054824     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: 20082177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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