Factors affecting the outcome of laparoscopic ovarian drilling for polycystic ovarian syndrome in women with anovulatory infertility

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 338-344

  Li, T C ^a   Saravelos, H ^a   Chow, M S ^b   Chisabingo, R ^a   Cooke, I D ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLOMIPHENE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031940144     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10097.x     Document Type: Article

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