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Contemplating the evolution of the varied clinical uses of pituitary gonadotropic hormones reveals a number of interesting assumptions, and absence of assumptions, that have led us to present-day practices. While strategies for stimulating ovulation have steadily improved over the past 50 years, the basic principles governing clinical practice, e.g., indications for use, protocol design, and precautionary limits and hazards, were almost completely defined during the first decade of use. One exception to this might be the more recent protocol modifications adopted to stimulate ovulation for the purpose of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
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Emperaire, JC. (2015). Historical Perspective: An Evolution of Ideas. In: Ovulation Stimulation with Gonadotropins. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18654-2_1
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