Is it possible to reduce the incidence of weekend oocyte retrievals in GnRH antagonist protocols

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-58

  Levy, Michael J ^a   Ledger, William ^b   Kolibianakis, Efstratios M ^c   IJzerman Boon, Pieta C ^d   Gordon, Keith ^e  

^a Shady Grove Fertility   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d Oss ^*  (Netherlands)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle start day; GnRH antagonist protocol; HCG delay; Oocyte retrieval; Recombinant FSH

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GANIRELIX; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874117064     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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