Comparison of the effect of tamoxifen on endometrial thickness in women with thin endometrium (<7mm) undergoing ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2091-2093

  Reynolds, Kasey ^a   Khoury, Jane ^b   Sosnowski, James ^a   Thie, Jennifer ^a   Hofmann, Glen ^a  

^a Bethesda North Hospital   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate; ovulation induction; tamoxifen; thin endometrium

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE FUNDUS;

ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 77949919018     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.038     Document Type: Article

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