Comparison of the efficacy of letrozole and clomiphene citrate for ovulation induction in infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 905-908

  Mobusher, Iram ^a  

^a Lady Willingdon Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Clomiphen citrate; Infertility; Letrozole; PCOS

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; DYDROGESTERONE; LETROZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84919653202     PISSN: 19967195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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