Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 639-644 , April 1999

Serum concentrations of enclomiphene and zuclomiphene across consecutive cycles of clomiphene citrate therapy in anovulatory infertile women

Presented in part at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, San Diego, California, March 18–22, 1997.

  • Steven L Young, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Steven L. Young, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Route 0587, Galveston, Texas 77555-0587 (FAX: 409-747-0366; )
    • ,
  • Michael S Opsahl, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Genetics and IVF Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
    • Genetics and IVF Institute.
    • ,
  • Marc A Fritz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Received 20 July 1998 ,Revised 23 November 1998 ,Accepted 23 November 1998.

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☆ Supported by grants from the Clinical Investigations Division, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland (M.S.O.) and Serono, Inc., Norwell, Massachusetts (M.A.F.).

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 639-644 , April 1999

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