Cumulative pregnancy rates in couples with anovulatory infertility compared with unexplained infertility in an ovulation induction programme

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1939-1944

  Tadokoro, N ^a   Vollenhoven, B ^a   Clark, S ^b   Baker, G ^b   Kovacs, G ^b   Burger, H ^b   Healy, D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eugonadotrophic hypogonadism; Fecundity; Hypo gonadotrophic hypogonadism; PCOS; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0030831790     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.9.1939     Document Type: Article

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