Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 1055-1063, October 2008

Oral contraceptive pill pretreatment in ovarian stimulation with GnRH antagonists for IVF: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • George Griesinger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinic of Schleswig–Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: George Griesinger, M.D., University Clinic of Schleswig–Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany (FAX: +49 451 500 2170).
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  • Christos A. Venetis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Tanja Marx

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinic of Schleswig–Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
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  • Klaus Diedrich, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinic of Schleswig–Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
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  • Basil C. Tarlatzis, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Efstratios M. Kolibianakis, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 11 July 2007; received in revised form 23 July 2007; accepted 23 July 2007. published online 29 November 2007.

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 Financial support: none.

 E.M. Kolibianakis and B.C. Tarlatzis are author and coauthor of one of the randomized controlled trials included in this review.

PII: S0015-0282(07)03007-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1354

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 1055-1063, October 2008

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