Clomiphene citrate and intrauterine insemination: analysis of more than 4100 cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2281-2286

  Dovey, Serena ^b,c   Sneeringer, Rita M ^a,b,c   Penzias, Alan S ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON IVF   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ART outcomes; artificial insemination; assisted reproductive technology; Clomiphene citrate; infertility; intrauterine insemination

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649123235     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.057     Document Type: Article

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