The association between follicular size on human chorionic gonadotropin day and pregnancy rate in clomiphene citrate treated polycystic ovary syndrome patients

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 546-548

  Farhi, Jacob ^a,b   Orvieto, Raoul ^c   Gavish, Oz ^b   Homburg, Roy ^c  

^a Fertility Clinics   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anovulatory infertility; Clomiphene citrate; Follicular size; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953635755     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513591003686312     Document Type: Article

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