GnRH antagonist versus long GnRH agonist protocol in poor IVF responders: A randomized clinical trial

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-46

  Prapas, Yannis ^a,b   Petousis, Stamatios ^a,b   Dagklis, Themistoklis ^a,b   Panagiotidis, Yannis ^a   Papatheodorou, Achilleas ^a   Assunta, Iuliano ^a   Prapas, Nikos ^a,b  

^a Iakentro IVF Center   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; GnRH antagonist; IVF failure; Poor responder

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 84872113936     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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