Tamoxifen treatment in women with failure of clomiphene citrate therapy.

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.

Published: May 1989

Fourteen pregnancies were achieved with tamoxifen therapy in 12 women who failed to conceive with clomiphene citrate. There were no side-effects and fewer treatment cycles were required than with clomiphene citrate treatment. Ovulation and cervical score with tamoxifen therapy were significantly higher (p less than 0.005).

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