[Epimestrol in the treatment of normoprolactinemic corpus-lutem deficiency (author's transl)].

The treatment of normoprolactinemic corpus-luteum deficiency with epimestrol is reported. This is a frequent cause of infertility. The clinical and hormonal parameters for the diagnosis and follow-up evaluation of the treatment are described.

Epimestrol in treatment of inadequate luteal progesterone secretion.

Seventeen infertile normoprolactinemic women with luteal phase defects were treated with epimestrol. In ten patients, normalization of the impaired luteal phase was achieved. Under epimestrol treatment, periovulatory estradiol concentrations (1077.