High singleton live birth rate following classical ovulation induction in normogonadotrophic anovulatory infertility (WHO 2)

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2357-2362

  Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a   Imani, Babak ^a   Mulders, Annemarie G M G J ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a   Fauser, Bart C J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Clomiphene citrate; hMG; Pregnancy rate; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0242690919     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg459     Document Type: Article

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