Ovulation rate and cycle characteristics in a subsequent clomiphene citrate cycle after stair-step protocol

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 675-679

  Budinetz, Tara H ^a   Benadiva, Claudio A ^a   Griffin, Daniel W ^a   Engmann, Lawrence L ^a   Nulsen, John C ^a   Diluigi, Andrea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovulation; clomiphene citrate; ovulation induction; polycystic ovary syndrome; stair step protocol

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; CLOMIFENE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME TO PREGNANCY; ANOVULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926155480     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.088     Document Type: Article

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