A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of ethinyl estradiol during clomiphene citrate cycles among women with polycystic ovary syndrome

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-132

  Moini, Ashraf ^a,b,c   Ahmadi, Firoozeh ^a   Jahangiri, Nadia ^a   Ahmadi, Jila ^a   Akhoond, Mohammad Reza ^d  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate; Ethinyl estradiol; Intrauterine insemination; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Pulsatility index; Reproductive outcome

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; CLOMIFENE; ESTROGEN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPLICATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; IRAN; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CLOMIPHENE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; IRAN; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84944355315     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.06.032     Document Type: Article

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