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Gonadotropin Treatment for Infertility
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The combination human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG)/human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (rFSH)/hCG treatment can consistently stimulate ovulation. It results in pregnancy in 60 out of 100 women failing to ovulate. But of those pregnancies, up to 35% end in Reference miscarriage Opens New Window.Reference 1
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: May 14, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Femi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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