Comparing of letrozole versus clomiphene citrate combined with gonadotropins in intrauterine insemination cycles

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-32

  Akbari, Soheila ^a   Roozbahani, Maryam Ayazi ^b   Roozbahani, Fatemeh Ayazi ^c  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate; Gonadotropin; IUI; Letrozole

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THICKNESS;

EID: 83455201553     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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