Use of clomiphene citrate in infertile women: A committee opinion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 341-348

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AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANOVULATION; BREAST TENDERNESS; CANCER RISK; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIPLOPIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVE BIRTH; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NAUSEA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OVARY CANCER; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STANDARD; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 84881152531     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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