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follitropin beta

Known as: Follitropin beta chain precursor, Follitrophin beta, Follicle Stimulating Hormone Beta Polypeptide 
A pharmacologic form of follicle-stimulating hormone used in the treatment of infertility.
National Institutes of Health

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1978-2017
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Adrenal Gland DiseasesDrug AllergyFSHB geneFollicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone, HumanRecombinant Proteins

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FollistimOrg 32489Puregon

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2015
2015
Corifollitropin alfa compared with follitropin beta in poor responders undergoing ICSI: a randomized controlled trial.
STUDY QUESTION Does substituting 150 µg corifollitropin alfa for 450 IU follitropin beta during the first 7 days of ovarian… (More)
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2009
2009
Follitropin-alpha (Gonal-F) versus follitropin-beta (Puregon) in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for in vitro fertilization: is there any difference?
In an attempt to examine and compare the effect of the two commercially available recombinant FSH on ovarian stimulation… (More)
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2005
2005
Continued improvements in the quality and consistency of follitropin alfa, recombinant human FSH.
The use of gonadotrophins for the treatment of infertility began in the 1930s following early work on the pituitary-ovarian axis… (More)
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2003
2003
An open, randomized single-centre study to compare the efficacy and convenience of follitropin beta administered by a pen device with follitropin alpha administered by a conventional syringe in women…
BACKGROUND A pen device, similar to an insulin pen, has been recently marketed for the administration of follitropin beta in… (More)
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2000
2000
Recombinant follicle stimulating hormone in in-vitro fertilization treatment-clinical experience with follitropin alpha and follitropin beta.
The objective of this prospective study was to compare the outcome of ovarian hyperstimulation for in-vitro fertilization (IVF… (More)
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1998
1998
Follitropin (FSH) deficiency in an infertile male due to FSHbeta gene mutation. A syndrome of normal puberty and virilization but underdeveloped testicles with azoospermia, low FSH but high lutropin…
We studied a man who sought medical attention at age 28 years because of infertility in both his first and second marriages. His… (More)
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1997
1997
Recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (follitropin beta, Puregon) yields higher pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization than urinary gonadotropins.
OBJECTIVE To assess ongoing pregnancy rates (PRs) in IVF after treatment with recombinant FSH (follitropin beta, Puregon; NV… (More)
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1996
1996
Structural characterisation of human recombinant glycohormones follitropin, lutropin and choriogonadotropin expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
The alpha and beta chains from human recombinant gonadotropins follitropin, lutropin and choriogonadotropin expressed in CHO… (More)
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1993
1993
The flanking amino acids of the human follitropin beta-subunit 33-53 region are involved in assembly of the follitropin heterodimer.
Previous analyses of the topology of human follitropin (hFSH) with monoclonal antibodies and antipeptide antibodies have led to a… (More)
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1992
Highly Cited
1992
Design of a long-acting follitropin agonist by fusing the C-terminal sequence of the chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit to the follitropin beta subunit.
Follitropin (FSH) is a pituitary glycoprotein hormone that is essential for the development of ovarian follicles and testicular… (More)
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