Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 6, 1417-1418,
June 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Debate |
The good, the bad and the ugly
Centro de Reproduccion Asistida FIV-Madrid, Alvarez de Baena 4, Madrid, Spain and Instituto de Bioquimica, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
After recently spending 2 days listening to a group of very distinguished professors and scientists with many years of experience in ovulation induction, and having read the recent debate on Puregon (Meniru, 1999
), it seems to me that the ovulation induction market resembles a spaghetti western; the film `The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' comes particularly to mind, with the characters in our version being recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) as the good guy, urinary FSH as the ugly one and clomiphene citrate as the bad guy. Just as in the original movie, the good guy and the ugly guy join
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