Using an electrocautery strategy or recombinant follicle stimulating hormone to induce ovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome: randomised controlled trial.

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Published in BMJ on January 24, 2004

Authors

Neriman Bayram1, Madelon van Wely, Eugenie M Kaaijk, Patrick M M Bossuyt, Fulco van der Veen

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, Netherlands. n.bayram@amc.uva.nl

Associated clinical trials:

Combined Metformin and Clomiphene Citrate (CC) or Laparoscopic Ovarian Diathermy for Women With CC Resistant Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) | NCT00969631

Letrozole or Laparoscopic Ovarian Diathermy for Women With CC Resistant Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. | NCT00956267

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