Metformin is a reasonable first-line treatment option for non-obese women with infertility related to anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome - A meta-analysis of randomised trials

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-129

  Johnson, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anovulation; clomiphene; infertility; meta analysis; metformin; ovulation induction; polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; METFORMIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANOVULATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CLOMIPHENE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; METFORMIN; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953799341     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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