A comparison of the effects on follicular development between clomiphene citrate, its two separate isomers and spontaneous cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 252-256

  Glasier, A F ^a   Irvine, D S ^a   Wickings, E J ^a   Hillier, S G ^a   Baird, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clomiphene; En clomiphene; Follicle; Zu clomiphene

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; ENCLOMIFENE; PREGNANEDIOL; ZUCLOMIFENE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE;

ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 0024594873     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136882     Document Type: Article

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