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.

Received 13 November 2004 ,Revised 2 August 2005 ,Accepted 2 August 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.016

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

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