Low-dosage clomiphene reduces premature ovulation rates and increases transfer rates in natural-cycle IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-215

  Von Wolff, M ^a   Nitzschke, M ^b   Stute, P ^a   Bitterlich, N ^c   Rohner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Centro Medico Puerta de Hierro   (Mexico)

^c Abt Biostatistik   (Germany)

Author keywords

clomiphene citrate; IVF; natural cycle; ovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; CLOMIFENE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL CYCLE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE OVULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905574871     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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