Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 111-115 , July 2003

Predictive usefulness of cycle day 10 follicle-stimulating hormone level in a clomiphene citrate challenge test for in vitro fertilization outcome in women younger than 40 years of age

  • Elena H Yanushpolsky, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Elena H. Yanushpolsky, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA (FAX: 617-566-7752).
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  • Shelley Hurwitz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Investigation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Eugene Tikh, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Catherine Racowsky, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Received 26 June 2002 ,Revised 2 December 2002 ,Accepted 2 December 2002.

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PII: S0015-0282(03)00499-0

doi: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00499-0

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 111-115 , July 2003

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