Assessment of multiple intrauterine gestations from ovarian stimulation (AMIGOS) trial: Baseline characteristics

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 962-973.e4

  Diamond, Michael P ^a,b   Legro, Richard S ^c   Coutifaris, Christos ^d   Alvero, Ruben ^e   Robinson, Randal D ^f   Casson, Peter ^g   Christman, Gregory M ^h   Ager, Joel ^b   Huang, Hao ⁱ   Hansen, Karl R ^j   Baker, Valerie ^k   Usadi, Rebecca ^l   Seungdamrong, Aimee ^m   Bates, G Wright ⁿ   Rosen, R Mitchell ^o   Haisonleder, Daniel ^p   Krawetz, Stephen A ^b   Barnhart, Kurt ^d   Trussell, J C ^q   Jin, Yufeng ⁱ   Santoro, Nanette ^e   Eisenberg, Esther ^r   Zhang, Heping ⁱ   Bartlebaugh, C ^c   Dodson, W ^c   Estes, S ^c   Gnatuk, C ^c   Ladda, R ^c   Ober, J ^c   Easton, C ^f   Hernandez, A ^f   Leija, M ^f   Pierce, D ^f   Brzyski, R ^f   Awonuga, A ^s   Cedo, L ^s   Cline, A ^s   Collins, K ^s   Puscheck, E ^s   Singh, M ^s   Yoscovits, M ^s   Lecks, K ^d   Martino, L ^d   Marunich, R ^d   Comfort, A ^t   Crow, M ^t   Hohmann, A ^g   Mallette, S ^g   Smith, Y ^u   Randolph, J ^u   Fisseha, S ^u   Ringbloom, M ^u   Tang, J ^u   Mason, S ⁿ   Di Maria, N ^l   Laylor, B ^m   Martinez, L ^m   Solnica, A ^m   Wojtczuk, A ^m   Rhea, M ^v   Turner, K ^k   Craig, L B ^w   Zornes, C ^w   Rodriguez, M R ^w   Hunt, T S ^w   Remble, Thomas ^o   Cheng, Gloria ^o   Green, Lauri ^o   Lenhart, Nikolaus ^o   Del Basso, D ⁱ   Brennan, M ⁱ   Kuang, H ⁱ   Li, Y ⁱ   Patrizio, P ⁱ   Sakai, L ⁱ   Song, C ⁱ   Taylor, H ⁱ   Thomas, T ⁱ   Yan, Q ⁱ   Zhang, M ⁱ   Lamar, C ^r   De Paolo, L ^r   Guzick, D ^x   Herring, A ^x   Redmond, J Bruce ^x   Thomas, M ^x   Turek, P ^x   Wactawski Wende, J ^x   Rebar, R ^x   Cato, P ^x   Dukic, V ^x   Lewis, V ^x   Schlegel, P ^x   Witter, F ^x   more..

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^q University Hospital   (United States)

^r EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^s WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^v VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^x University of Michigan ^*

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Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Clomiphene citrate; Gonadotropins; Letrozole; Multiple gestations; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LETROZOLE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROINSULIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CLOMIFENE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADOTROPIN; NITRILE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SNORING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; NITRILES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84930621006     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.130     Document Type: Article

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