LH pretreatment as a novel strategy for poor responders

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ferraretti, Anna Pia ^a   Gianaroli, Luca ^a   Motrenko, Tatiana ^b   Feliciani, Elisabetta ^a   Tabanelli, Carla ^a   Magli, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a Reproductive Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^b Human Reproduction Center   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907411393     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/926172     Document Type: Article

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