Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1694-1701, June 2008

Less is more: increased gonadotropin use for ovarian stimulation adversely influences clinical pregnancy and live birth after in vitro fertilization

  • Lubna Pal, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.O.G., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lubna Pal, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.O.G., M.S., Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 George Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520. (FAX: 203-785-7134).
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  • Sangita Jindal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Barry R. Witt, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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  • Nanette Santoro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

Received 2 February 2007; received in revised form 29 May 2007; accepted 29 May 2007. published online 28 April 2008.

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 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health K12 (to L.P.).

 The current address for Lubna Pal, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.O.G., M.S., is Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01226-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.055

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1694-1701, June 2008