Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 335-340 , March 2010

Contribution of in-vitro maturation in ovarian stimulation cycles of poor-responder patients

  • Daniela Paes de Almeida Ferreira Braga

      Affiliations

    • Fertility – Assisted Fertilization Center, Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, 4545, São Paulo 01402-001, Brazil
    • Sapientiae Institute, Rua. Vieira Maciel, 62, São Paulo 04503-040, Brazil
    • ,
  • Rita de Cássia Sávio Figueira

      Affiliations

    • Fertility – Assisted Fertilization Center, Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, 4545, São Paulo 01402-001, Brazil
    • ,
  • Renata Cristina Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • Fertility – Assisted Fertilization Center, Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, 4545, São Paulo 01402-001, Brazil
    • ,
  • Fabio Firmbach Pasqualotto

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biotechnology, University of Caxias do Sul, Rua Pinheiro Machado, 2569 Room 23/24, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul 95020-172, Brazil
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  • Assumpto Iaconelli Jr

      Affiliations

    • Fertility – Assisted Fertilization Center, Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, 4545, São Paulo 01402-001, Brazil
    • ,
  • Edson Borges Jr

      Affiliations

    • Fertility – Assisted Fertilization Center, Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, 4545, São Paulo 01402-001, Brazil
    • Sapientiae Institute, Rua. Vieira Maciel, 62, São Paulo 04503-040, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 12 March 2009 ,Revised 18 June 2009 ,Accepted 26 November 2009.

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 Edson Borges Jr obtained his MD degree in 1984 at the University of Campinas, his first PhD in urology in 2005 at the Federal University of São Paulo and his second PhD in gynaecology in 2007 at the Botucatu Medical School in São Paulo State University. At present he is the founder partner and Managing Director of Fertility – Assisted Fertilization Center in São Paulo, Brazil and Scientific Director at Sapientiae Institute in São Paulo, Brazil.

PII: S1472-6483(09)00286-7

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.009

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 335-340 , March 2010

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