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Subclinical abortions in patients treated with clomiphene citrate
Author(s) -
Ho P.C.,
Tang G.W.K.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(82)90197-7
Subject(s) - subclinical infection , medicine , ovulation , clomifene , radioimmunoassay , incidence (geometry) , gynecology , obstetrics , pregnancy , ovulation induction , endocrinology , hormone , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Using radioimmunoassay for human chorionic gonadotrophin beta‐subunit, 39 treatment cycles of clomiphene citrate therapy were studied prospectively for incidence of subclinical abortions. Eight treatment cycles resulted in clinically recognizable pregnancies and three other treatment cycles ended up with subclinical abortions. The plasma progesterone levels in patients with subclinical abortions at the 13th day after ovulation were lower than those in patients with normal pregnancies.