Assisted Reproduction-In Vitro Fertilization Success Is Improved by Ovarian Stimulation with Exogenous Gonadotropins and Pituitary Suppression with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogues1
Robert L. Barbieri and
Mark D. Hornstein
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology,
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts 02115-6110
I. Introduction
II. Ovarian Stimulation with Exogenous GonadotropinImprovesIn
Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET)Success
III. Pituitary Suppression Improves IVF-ET Success:GnRH AgonistAnalogues
IV. Pituitary Suppression ImprovesIVF-ET Success: GnRH Antagonist
Analogues
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