Induction of ovulation in clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome with pulsatile GnRH

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-226

  Tan, Seang Lin ^a,b   Farhi, Jacob ^a,b   Homburg, Roy ^a,b   Jacobs, Howard S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030221847     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00190-1     Document Type: Article

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