Role of decreased androgens in the ovarian response to stimulation in older women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-11

  Meldrum, David R ^a   Chang, R Jeffrey ^b   Giudice, Linda C ^c   Balasch, Juan ^d   Barbieri, Robert L ^e  

^a Reproductive Partners Medical Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; female; growth hormone; IGF I; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LETROZOLE; PRASTERONE; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; APOPTOSIS; BODY MASS; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGENS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84871920991     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.10.011     Document Type: Review

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