hCG as a medication is prescribed for assisted reproductive treatments in order to achieve pregnancy.
It is prescribed in the next cases:
- Ovulation induction in women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques after follicle development using FSH and other medications (LH, GnRH analogues, or GnRH antagonists).
- Absence of LH halfway through the menstrual cycle while undergoing treatments containing clomiphene
- Inappropriate increase of LH levels halfway through the menstrual cycle while undergoing treatments containing clomiphene
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Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of Valencia (UV). Postgraduate Course in Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH). Experience managing Embryology and Andrology Labs at Centro Médico Manzanera (Logroño, Spain). More information about Neus Ferrando Gilabert

