Anti-Müllerian hormone and progesterone levels produced by granulosa cells are higher when derived from natural cycle IVF than from conventional gonadotropin-stimulated IVF

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-

  Kollmann, Zahraa ^a   Bersinger, Nick A ^a,b   McKinnon, Brett D ^b   Schneider, Sophie ^a   Mueller, Michael D ^a   von Wolff, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; Follicle stimulating hormone receptor; Human granulosa cells; IVF; Natural cycle; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; AMH GENE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FSH RECEPTOR GENE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 85019221691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0017-0     Document Type: Article

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