N -Acetyl cysteine in clomiphene citrate resistant polycystic ovary syndrome: A review of reported outcomes

Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Saha, Lekha ^a   Kaur, Sharonjeet ^a   Saha, Pradip ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate resistant; N Acetyl cysteine; polycystic ovary syndrome; review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; METFORMIN; PLACEBO;

ANOVULATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EPILEPSY; HEART DISEASE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFLUENZA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84881136636     PISSN: 0976500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114597     Document Type: Review

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