Administration of DHEA augments progesterone production in a woman with low ovarian reserve being transplanted with cryopreserved ovarian tissue

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 645-649

  Strauss, Susanne ^a   Greve, Tine ^a   Ernst, Erik ^b   Fraidakis, Matthiaos ^c   Grudzinskas, Jurgis Gedis ^d   Andersen, Claus Yding ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Crete Fertility Centre   (Greece)

^d Laboratory of Reproductive Biology University Hospital of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; EUROVITAL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADICAL CERVICAL TRACHELECTOMY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NULLIPARA; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84904116315     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0214-3     Document Type: Article

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