Pentoxifylline versus medical therapies for subfertile women with endometriosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lv, DongHao ^a   Song, Huan ^b   Li, Yalun ^b   Clarke, Jane ^c   Shi, Gang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANOREXIA; ANTIILAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NAUSEA; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 70049096048     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007677.pub2     Document Type: Review

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