Aromatase inhibitors for infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome. The beginning or the end of a new era?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-280

  Polyzos, Nikolaos P ^a   Tsappi, Maria ^a   Mauri, Davide ^a   Atay, Vedat ^b   Cortinovis, Ivan ^c   Casazza, Giovanni ^c  

^a Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research PACMeR   (Greece)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; LETROZOLE; METFORMIN;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY;

EID: 38949184573     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.016     Document Type: Editorial

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