Potential beneit of dehydroepiandrosterone supplementation for infertile but not poor responder patients in a IVF program

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-12

  Tartagni, M ^a   De Pergola, G ^a   Damiani, G R ^d   Pellegrino, A ^d   Baldini, D ^c   Tartagni, M V ^b   Alrasheed, H ^c   De Salvia, M A ^a   Loverro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b University of Ko ice   (Slovakia)

^c MoMo Fertilitlife Center of Human Reproduction   (Italy)

^d A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Fertilization in vitro; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BLOOD; FEMALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991233155     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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