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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist triggering with concomitant administration of low doses of human chorionic gonadotropin or a freeze-all strategy in high responders

Meric Karacan, Erkan Erdem, Akın Usta, Ayse Arvas, Ziya Cebi and Teksen Camlibel
Saudi Medical Journal June 2017, 38 (6) 586-591; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.17717
Meric Karacan
From the Department of Assisted Reproduction Unit (Karacan, Arvas, Cebi, Camlibel), the Department of Urology (Erdem), Ota-Jinemed Hospital, Besiktas, Istanbul, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Usta), School of Medicine, Balikesir University, Altieylul, Balikesir, Turkey
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Erkan Erdem
From the Department of Assisted Reproduction Unit (Karacan, Arvas, Cebi, Camlibel), the Department of Urology (Erdem), Ota-Jinemed Hospital, Besiktas, Istanbul, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Usta), School of Medicine, Balikesir University, Altieylul, Balikesir, Turkey
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Akın Usta
From the Department of Assisted Reproduction Unit (Karacan, Arvas, Cebi, Camlibel), the Department of Urology (Erdem), Ota-Jinemed Hospital, Besiktas, Istanbul, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Usta), School of Medicine, Balikesir University, Altieylul, Balikesir, Turkey
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Ayse Arvas
From the Department of Assisted Reproduction Unit (Karacan, Arvas, Cebi, Camlibel), the Department of Urology (Erdem), Ota-Jinemed Hospital, Besiktas, Istanbul, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Usta), School of Medicine, Balikesir University, Altieylul, Balikesir, Turkey
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Ziya Cebi
From the Department of Assisted Reproduction Unit (Karacan, Arvas, Cebi, Camlibel), the Department of Urology (Erdem), Ota-Jinemed Hospital, Besiktas, Istanbul, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Usta), School of Medicine, Balikesir University, Altieylul, Balikesir, Turkey
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Teksen Camlibel
From the Department of Assisted Reproduction Unit (Karacan, Arvas, Cebi, Camlibel), the Department of Urology (Erdem), Ota-Jinemed Hospital, Besiktas, Istanbul, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Usta), School of Medicine, Balikesir University, Altieylul, Balikesir, Turkey
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Meric Karacan, Erkan Erdem, Akın Usta, Ayse Arvas, Ziya Cebi, Teksen Camlibel
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