Method of in vitro fertilization
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1. In a method of in vitro fertilization which comprises the initial steps of inducing follicular maturation by administering exogeneous human menopausal gonadotropins to a female, inducing ovulation, harvesting the eggs from large ovarian follicles, combining each ovum with spermatozoa in vitro and transferring the conceptus into the uterus, the improvement which consists of employing FSH alone as said exogeneous human menopausal gonadotropin without the presence of exogeneous LH.
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Abstract
A method of in vitro fertilization therapy, which includes means for inducing ovulation by administering an exogenous human menopausal gonadotropin preparation and human chorionic gonadotropin, harvesting the mature follicles, combining the ovum with spermatazoa in vitro and transferring the conceptus into the uterus is improved by employing FSH as the exogenous human menopausal gonadotropin in the absence of exogenous LH.
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- 1. In a method of in vitro fertilization which comprises the initial steps of inducing follicular maturation by administering exogeneous human menopausal gonadotropins to a female, inducing ovulation, harvesting the eggs from large ovarian follicles, combining each ovum with spermatozoa in vitro and transferring the conceptus into the uterus, the improvement which consists of employing FSH alone as said exogeneous human menopausal gonadotropin without the presence of exogeneous LH.
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Current AssigneeSerono Laboratories, Inc.
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Original AssigneeSerono Laboratories, Inc.
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InventorsHodgen, Gary D., Jones, Georgeanna S., Jones, Howard W. Jr.
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Primary Examiner(s)NOT, DEFINED
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Application NumberUS06/634,697Time in Patent Office663 DaysField of Search128/1 R, 604/55, 424/100, 424/105, 435/2US Class Current600/33CPC Class CodesA61K 38/24 Follicle-stimulating hormon...
