Bye-bye urinary gonadotrophins?: The use of urinary gonadotrophins should be discouraged
Open Access
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Human Reproduction
- Vol. 17 (7) , 1675
- https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/17.7.1675
Abstract
In view of concerns regarding the potential presence and infectivity of prion proteins in human urinary gonadotrophin preparations, together with the availability of both recombinant FSH and recombinant LH, it is argued that the use of urinary gonadotrophins should be discouraged.Keywords
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