[HTML][HTML] Onset of the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge: diurnal timing and critical follicular prerequisites

DJ Cahill, PG Wardle, CR Harlow, MGR Hull�- Fertility and sterility, 1998 - Elsevier
Objective: To determine the diurnal variation in the onset of the preovulatory LH surge in
women. Design: Prospective open cohort study. Setting: University hospital research
program. Patient (s): Thirty-five women with infertility resulting from tubal damage that was
associated with minor endometriosis or with infertility of prolonged unexplained etiology.
Intervention (s): Women underwent transvaginal ultrasonography and serum E2 estimation
daily during monitored cycles before unstimulated natural cycle IVF; exogenous�…