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The Endocrinology of Stimulated Cycles and Influence on Outcome

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Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies

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It is well established that the chances of pregnancy after carrying out assisted conception techniques (IVF; GIFT) are increased by adopting a superovulation strategy. A variety of superovulation regimens have been employed to promote the synchronous development of several preovulatory follicles which will yield a number of mature eggs. Further it has been clearly demonstrated that after IVF or GIFT, the incidence of implantation rises with an increase in the number of embryos or oocytes replaced.1,2,3,4

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Bourn Hall Clinic, Bourn, Cambridge, UK

    M. C. MacNamee

  2. Serono Laboratories (UK) Ltd, 99 Bridge Road East, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 1BR, UK

    C. M. Howles

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Shlomo Mashiach M.D. Zion Ben-Rafael M.D. Neri Laufer M.D. Joseph G. Schenker M.D.

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Howles, C.M., MacNamee, M.C. (1990). The Endocrinology of Stimulated Cycles and Influence on Outcome. In: Mashiach, S., Ben-Rafael, Z., Laufer, N., Schenker, J.G. (eds) Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0645-0_35

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