Effect of metformin and clomiphene citrate in improving fertility in subfertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized controlled trial

Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-20

  Begum, Hasina ^a   Chowdhury, T A ^b   Begum, Ferdousi ^a   Begum, Shamsun Nahar ^c   Kabir, Nazneen ^a   Haque, Md Abidul ^a  

^a Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

^b BIRDEM   (Bangladesh)

^c SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METFORMIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 85004144086     PISSN: 10184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjog.v29i1.30438     Document Type: Article

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