The role of androgens in follicle maturation and ovulation induction: friend or foe of infertility treatment?
Open Access
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
- Vol. 9 (1) , 116
Abstract
Effects of androgens on follicle maturation have been controversial for some time. Here, we review the potential of their applications in improving human ovulation induction, based on human and animal data, reported in the literature.Keywords
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