Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 14-16, July 2008

Metformin in the treatment of infertility in polycystic ovarian syndrome: an alternative perspective

  • John E. Nestler, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John E. Nestler, M.D., Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical College of Virginia, P.O. Box 980111, Richmond, VA 23298-0111 (FAX: 804-828-8389).

Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Received 8 April 2008; received in revised form 25 April 2008; accepted 29 April 2008. published online 11 June 2008.

This editorial discusses the recent European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology/American Society for Reproductive Medicine recommendations on the treatment of infertility in polycystic ovarian syndrome. Evidence is provided for the use of metformin in selected patients.

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 J.E.N. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant nos. R01HD35629, K24HD40237, U54HD034449, and D43TW007692.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01011-X

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.073

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 14-16, July 2008

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