Characteristics of the best prognostic evidence: An example on prediction of outcome after clomiphene citrate induction of ovulation in normogonadotropic oligoamenorrheic infertility

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-47

  Eijkemans, M J C ^a   Habbema, J D F ^a   Fauser, Bart C J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Ovulation induction; Prognosis; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN;

BODY MASS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

AMENORRHEA; CLOMIPHENE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038616415     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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