To pill or not to pill in GnRH antagonist cycles: That is the question!

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-42

  Garcia Velasco, Juan A ^a   Fatemi, Human M ^b  

^a IVI Madrid   (Spain)

^b Nova IVI Fertility Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

estrogens; GnRH antagonist; OCP; scheduling

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GONADORELIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PILL; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL BLEEDING; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920264882     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.09.010     Document Type: Review

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