Original delayed-start ovarian stimulation protocol with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, medroxyprogesterone acetate, and high-dose gonadotropin for poor responders and patients with poor-quality embryos
Kazuhiro Takeuchi,
Yuji Orita,
Tokiko Iwakawa
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionThe delayed-start gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocol seems effective for patients who are poor ovarian responders, but there are insufficient data on whether it is also effective for patients with poor-quality embryos and low rates of good blastocyst formation. Specifically, the effectiveness of delayed-start gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists with progesterone has not been adequately investigated. Therefore, we compared the efficacy of the original delayed-start gonadotropi… Show more
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