Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 102-107, July 2004

Prolongation of the follicular phase in in vitro fertilization results in a lower ongoing pregnancy rate in cycles stimulated with recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists

  • Efstratios M Kolibianakis, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-Speaking Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Efstratios Kolibianakis, M.D., PhD., Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-Speaking Brussels Free University, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium (FAX: 32-2-4776549).
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  • Carola Albano, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-Speaking Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Michel Camus, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-Speaking Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Herman Tournaye, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-Speaking Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
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  • André C Van Steirteghem, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-Speaking Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Paul Devroey, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-Speaking Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium

Received 22 August 2003; received in revised form 30 January 2004; accepted 30 January 2004.

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 This work is supported by grants from the Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders.

PII: S0015-0282(04)00604-1

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.027

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 102-107, July 2004