Using the ovarian sensitivity index to define poor, normal, and high response after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in the long gonadotropin-releasing hormone-agonist protocol: Suggestions for a new principle to solve an old problem

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Huber, Malin ^a   Hadziosmanovic, Nermin ^b   Berglund, Lars ^b   Holte, Jan ^c,d  

^a ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Carl von Linne Clinic   (Sweden)

^d Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; cutoff levels; excessive ovarian response; ovarian sensitivity index; poor ovarian response

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NAFARELIN ACETATE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMOGRAM; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN SENSITIVITY INDEX; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84887061667     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.06.049     Document Type: Article

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