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Fertility Preservation Through Oocyte Vitrification: Clinical and Laboratory Perspectives
Published on: September 16, 2021
[Gonadotropic function during its use and after its cessation of a triphasic combination of gestodene]
J M Levaillant1, C Levaillant, M C Colin
1Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Creteil.
Abstract:
The present data show that the contraceptive studied, a triphasic combination pill with gestodene, strongly depresses gonadotropin levels. Seric levels of both FSH and LH are below 1 mIU/ml as early as the third treatment cycle. Recovery of a normal pituitary function occurs rapidly after the administration is discontinued: both basal and stimulated gonadotropin levels are back to normal during the first cycle following a 3 months treatment course. Prolactin secretion remains unaltered both during and after treatment.
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