Adjuvant growth hormone therapy in antagonist protocol in poor responders undergoing assisted reproductive technology

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1017-1021

  Eftekhar, Maryam ^a   Aflatoonian, Abbas ^a   Mohammadian, Farnaz ^b   Eftekhar, Tahereh ^c  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antagonist protocol; Assisted reproductive technology; Growth hormone; Poor responder

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED OVARIAN STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84876664298     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2655-1     Document Type: Article

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