Gene expression profiling of granulosa cells from PCOS patients following varying doses of human chorionic gonadotropin

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-352

  Coskun, Serdar ^a   Otu, Hasan H ^b,c   Awartani, Khalid A ^a   Al Alwan, Laila A ^a   Al Hassan, Saad ^a   Al Mayman, Hend ^a   Kaya, Namik ^a   Inan, Mehmet S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Granulosa cells; hCG; Microarray PCOS

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; MENEGON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84876296689     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-9935-y     Document Type: Article

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