An assessment of current clinical attitudes toward letrozole use in reproductive endocrinology practices

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1740-1744

  Malloch, Lindsay ^a   Rhoton Vlasak, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Letrozole use; ovulation induction; survey

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; LETROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; NITRILE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NITRILES; OFF-LABEL USE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAZOLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888429225     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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