This review describes the development and pharmacology of clomiphene and those specific characteristics of both drug and patients which determine its clinical efficacy. The studies reviewed describe clinical observation of patient character…
OBJECTIVE: To determine if preovulation endometrial thickness or pattern are related to fecundity and to use of clomiphene citrate (CC) or hMG in IUI. DESIGN: Prospective ultrasound evaluation the day of hCG after CC alone (n = 197), hMG a…
The need for frequent injections and monitoring, the possibility of multiple gestations, and the higher cost compared to clomiphene citrate, prevents many clinicians from using human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) for ovulation induction. A…
OBJECTIVE: To determine characteristics associated with pregnancy and multiple gestation after clomiphene citrate (CC)-intrauterine insemination (IUI). DESIGN: Prospective study of all patients undergoing CC-IUI between January 1, 1983 and…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the characteristics associated with pregnancy and multiple gestation after human menopausal gonadotropin intrauterine insemination (hMG-IUI). DESIGN: Prospective study of all patients undergoing hMG-IUI between Janu…
An eleven-year review of treatment records of patients who became pregnant as a result of infertility treatment (n = 3692) was conducted. All records were examined to determine whether clomiphene citrate (CC) was used in the cycle of concep…
A series of 401 therapeutic donor insemination (TDI) cycles was analyzed for determining the effect on fecundability of fresh versus cryopreserved semen, the number of inseminations per cycle, recipient age, and the reproductive health of t…
Serum estradiol (E2) levels and resolution of endometriosis were evaluated in 42 women after 75 days of danazol treatment. Complete or almost complete remission occurred when radioimmunoassay E2 levels were less than 15 pg/ml in extensive, …
Fourteen women with amenorrhea-galactorrhea were treated with bromo-ergocryptine. Serum prolactin hPRL, hLH, hFSH, estradiol 17-beta (E2), and progesterone values were determined before and during treatment. No consistent pretreatment hormo…