Reply: The low responder according to the POSEIDON criteria: is the prognosis really poor?

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Jori A Leijdekkers et al. Hum Reprod. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 1;34(12):2557-2558.

doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez195.

¹ Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Cumulative live birth rates in low-prognosis women.
Leijdekkers JA, Eijkemans MJC, van Tilborg TC, Oudshoorn SC, van Golde RJT, Hoek A, Lambalk CB, de Bruin JP, Fleischer K, Mochtar MH, Kuchenbecker WKH, Laven JSE, Mol BWJ, Torrance HL, Broekmans FJM; OPTIMIST study group. Leijdekkers JA, et al. Hum Reprod. 2019 Jun 4;34(6):1030-1041. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez051. Hum Reprod. 2019. PMID: 31125412 Free PMC article.
Oocyte quantity, as well as oocyte quality, plays a significant role for the cumulative live birth rate of a POSEIDON criteria patient.
Esteves SC, Roque M, Sunkara SK, Conforti A, Ubaldi FM, Humaidan P, Alviggi C. Esteves SC, et al. Hum Reprod. 2019 Dec 1;34(12):2555-2557. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez181. Hum Reprod. 2019. PMID: 31756248 No abstract available.

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