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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 3, 863-864, March 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Low day 3 luteinizing hormone values are predictive of reduced response to ovarian stimulation

Kubilay Vicdan and Ahmet Zeki Isik

City Hospital, Buklum Sokak 53, 06660 Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey

Dear Sir,

We have read with great interest the paper by Noci et al. (Noci et al., 1998Go), indicating that day 3 luteinizing hormone (LH) values <3 mIU/ml are predictive of poor response to ovarian stimulation in patients with normal basal follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) concentrations. In this study, no in-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients were included and patients treated by intrauterine insemination, direct intraperitoneal insemination and timed spontaneous intercourse were chosen as the study population (LH<3 mIU/ml, n = 30) or controls (LH>3 mIU/ml, n = 45). They found that the oestradiol peak and the number of follicles >15 mm diameter at the time of human chorionic gonadotrophin . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Ivo Noci

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Florence

Mario Maggi

Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy


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