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Natural In Vitro Fertilization Cycles
Author(s) -
UBALDI FILIPPO,
RIENZI LAURA,
FERRERO SUSANNA,
BARONI ELENA,
IACOBELLI MARCELLO,
SAPIENZA FABIO,
MINASI MARIA GIULIA,
COBELLIS LUIGI,
ROMANO STEFANIA,
SCARSELLI FILOMENA,
GRECO ERMANNO
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1335.026
Subject(s) - natural cycle , in vitro fertilisation , controlled ovarian hyperstimulation , gynecology , human fertilization , andrology , medicine , biology , pregnancy , anatomy , genetics
A bstract : Although the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) baby was born after a natural IVF cycle, very soon this procedure was almost abandoned mainly because of the very high cancellation rates, and controlled pharmacological ovarian hyperstimulation became the standard treatment in IVF cycles of normoresponder patients. However, in poor‐responder patients, where only very few follicles can be recruited and very few oocytes, if any, can be retrieved after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, natural IVF cycles may offer a comparable number of follicles, reduced costs, and less discomfort for the patients. In this group of patients, natural IVF cycle is a cost‐effective approach.