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Induction of ovulation with gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone
Author(s) -
Thomas Adrian K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb139671.x
Subject(s) - parade , citation , art , library science , computer science , art history
Twelve years' experience in the therapeutic use of human pituitary gonadotrophins in 74 patients with anovulation is reviewed. Of these 74 patients, 54 conceived on at least one occasion. A new development, the use of radioimmunoassays for oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide to monitor responses, has been shown to be as effective as the more laborious chemical methods which were previously used. The adoption of radioimmunoassay monitoring allows the simultaneous treatment of up to five patients, and will markedly reduce existing waiting lists for this treatment.