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Variant-beta luteinizing hormone is not associated with poor ovarian response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E - 13 Mar 2014
Hanevik Hans I, Hilmarsen Hilde T, Skjelbred Camilla F, Tanbo Tom, Kahn Jarl A
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BACKGROUND: The most common genetic variant of luteinizing hormone (LH), variant-betaLH, has a different bioactivity than the wildtype. Carrying the variant allele was associated with an increased consumption of exogenous gonadotropin to achieve optimal ovarian response for in vitro fertilization procedures (IVF). The aim of this study was to examine if variant-betaLH was also more common in patients with a poor...
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