Letrozole versus clomiphene for infertility in the polycystic ovary syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-129

  Legro, Richard S ^a   Brzyski, Robert G ^b   Diamond, Michael P ^c   Coutifaris, Christos ^e   Schlaff, William D ^f   Casson, Peter ^g   Christman, Gregory M ^h   Huang, Hao ⁱ   Yan, Qingshang ⁱ   Alvero, Ruben ^f   Haisenleder, Daniel J ^j   Barnhart, Kurt T ^e   Wright Bates, G ^k   Usadi, Rebecca ^l   Lucidi, Scott ^m   Baker, Valerie ⁿ   Trussell, J C ^o   Krawetz, Stephen A ^d   Snyder, Peter ^e   Ohl, Dana ^h   Santoro, Nanette ^f   Eisenberg, Esther ^p   Zhang, Heping ⁱ   more..

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^l CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; LETROZOLE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVARY TORSION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; NITRILES; OVULATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84903901465     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1313517     Document Type: Article

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