Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1106-1111 , October 2006

Clomiphene citrate inhibits gonadotropin-induced ovulation by reducing cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate and prostaglandin E2 levels in rat ovary

Received 20 September 2005 ,Revised 3 March 2006 ,Accepted 3 March 2006.

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 Supported by National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Munirka, New Delhi, India.

PII: S0015-0282(06)01099-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.03.027

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1106-1111 , October 2006

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