Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as a possible cause for reversible infertility

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 880-882

  Mendonca L L F ^a   Khamashta, M A ^a   Nelson Piercy, C ^a   Hunt, B J ^a   Hughes, G R V ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COX inhibitors; Diclofenac; Fertility; Luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033837420     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.880     Document Type: Article

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1. Mechanism of action of aspirin-like drugs
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4. A new case of NSAID-induced infertility
5. Ovulation as a tissue remodelling process. Proteolysis and cumulus expansion
6. Multiple female reproductive failures in cyclooxygenase-2-deficient mice
7. Pharmacologic production of luteinized unruptured follicles by prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors