Abstract
Ovarian stimulation (OS) is an umbrella term covering (i) induction of monofollicular growth in anovulatory women, i.e., ovulation induction (OI), and (ii) induction of multifollicular growth for intrauterine insemination, sometimes referred to as superovulation, or for in vitro fertilization (IVF), i.e., controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). OI and COS differ in the desired number of growing follicles. While the goal of OI is to grow up to three dominant follicles, conventional COS aims to enable the collection of 10–15 mature oocytes for IVF.
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Seyhan, A., Turkgeldi, E., Ata, B. (2017). Ultrasound Monitoring of Ovarian Stimulation. In: Guerriero, S., Martins, W., Alcazar, J. (eds) Managing Ultrasonography in Human Reproduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41037-1_9
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