Long-term outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome initially randomized to receive laparoscopic electrocautery of the ovaries or ovulation induction with gonadotrophins

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1899-1904

  Nahuis, M J ^a,b   Kose, N ^a   Bayram, N ^c   Van Dessel, H J H M ^d   Braat, D D M ^e   Hamilton, C J C M ^f   Hompes, P G A ^a   Bossuyt, P M ^a   Mol, B W J ^a   Van Der Veen, F ^a   Van Wely, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clomiphene citrate; electrocautery; follicle stimulating hormone; ovulation induction; PCOS

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959477323     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der141     Document Type: Article

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