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Administration of DHEA augments progesterone production in a woman with low ovarian reserve being transplanted with cryopreserved ovarian tissue

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The financial support from the Novo Nordic Foundation, Sophus Carl Emil Friis and wife Olga Doris Friis’ foundation, the Lundbeck Foundation, and the University Hospital of Copenhagen is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, The Juliane Marie Centre for Women, Children and Reproduction – Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Susanne Strauss, Tine Greve & Claus Yding Andersen

  2. Reproductive Laboratory, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus and Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

    Erik Ernst

  3. Crete Fertility Centre, 56a Makarious & Sof Venizelou St, Heraklion, 71202, Crete, Greece

    Matthiaos Fraidakis

  4. 92 Harley Street, London, W1G 7HU, UK

    Jurgis Gedis Grudzinskas

  5. Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Section 5712, The Juliane Marie Centre for Women, Children and Reproduction, University Hospital of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, Rigshospitalet, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Claus Yding Andersen

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Capsule Administration of DHEA in order to augment follicular development may lead to increased adrenal output of progesterone.

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Strauss, S., Greve, T., Ernst, E. et al. Administration of DHEA augments progesterone production in a woman with low ovarian reserve being transplanted with cryopreserved ovarian tissue. J Assist Reprod Genet 31, 645–649 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-014-0214-3

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