The clinical relevance of luteal phase deficiency: A committee opinion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1112-1117

  Pfeifer, Samantha ^a   Fritz, Marc ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey ^a   McClure, R Dale ^a   Lobo, Roger ^a   Thomas, Michael ^a   Widra, Eric ^a   Schattman, Glenn ^a   Licht, Mark ^a   Collins, John ^a   Cedars, Marcelle ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^a   Vernon, Michael ^a   Davis, Owen ^a   Barnhart, Kurt ^a   Gracia, Clarisa ^a   Catherino, William ^a   Rebar, Robert ^a   La Barbera, Andrew ^a  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

AGING; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KINETOSOME; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NIDATION; OBESITY; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 84867746326     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.050     Document Type: Article

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