N-acetyl-cysteine in anovulatory women: The impact of postcoital test

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-112

  Youssef, Gamal ^a,b   Ali, Abdel Meguid ^a   Alaa, Nadine ^a   Makin, Basma ^a   Waly, Mohamed ^a   Abou Setta, Ahmed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate resistance; N acetyl cysteine; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Post coital test; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; SEDICO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POSTCOITAL TEST; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 33751202701     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: 11105690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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