Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 2 , Pages 511-513, February 2006

Letrozole induction of ovulation in women with clomiphene citrate–resistant polycystic ovary syndrome may not depend on the period of infertility, the body mass index, or the luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone ratio

Presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Middle East Fertility Society, Dead Sea, Jordan, December 1–3, 2004.

Benha University Hospital, Benha, Egypt

Received 13 November 2004; received in revised form 2 August 2005; accepted 2 August 2005.

Letrozole induction of ovulation in clomiphene citrate–resistant women with polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with an ovulation rate of 54.6% and pregnancy rate of 25%. There was no significant difference between letrozole responders and nonresponders in age, period of infertility, body mass index, waist circumference, LH, FSH, or LH/FSH ratio.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)03852-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.016

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 2 , Pages 511-513, February 2006

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