A serious complication of hormonal therapy in preparation for in vitro fertilization. It involves very high estrogen levels, the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen and liver and kidney as well as clotting problems. “Endogenous ovarian hyperstimulation” is used to describe the perimenopausal high estrogen levels.
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Ovarian hyperstimulation
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Proliferating
Describes cells that are growing rapidly. In general the more rapidly proliferating cells carry a higher cancer risk.
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