Comparison of follicular fluid amphiregulin and EGF concentrations in patients undergoing IVF with different stimulation protocols

Endocrine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 708-716

  Liu, Nana ^a,b,c   Ma, Yanmin ^d   Li, Rong ^a,b,c   Jin, Hongyan ^a,b,c   Li, Min ^a,b,c   Huang, Xiang ^a,b,c   Feng, Huai L ^a,e   Qiao, Jie ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproduction   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; COS; EGF; GnRH analog; Human follicular fluid; IVF

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADORELIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED OVARY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; STIMULATION;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878224474     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9706-z     Document Type: Article

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