An economic comparison of a laparoscopic electrocautery strategy and ovulation induction with recombinant FSH in women with clomiphene citrate-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1741-1745

  van Wely, M ^a   Bayram, N ^a   van deer Veen, F ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost minimization; Gonadotrophin; Laparoscopic electrocautery; Ovulation induction; PCOS

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY RATE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 4344600902     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh319     Document Type: Article

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