Asma Ashfaq, Huma Tahseen, Zahida Noreen, Nasreen Alam.
Clomiphene Citrate Vs Letrozole in PCO’s patient’s for Ovulation induction.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(2):781-3.

Aim: To compare the efficacy of letrozole vs clomiphene Citrate for ovulation induction in PCOS. Study Design: Randomized control trail . Duration and Settings: Obstetrics & Gynecology Unit 1, Services hospital Lahore from January to December 2014 . Methods: 80 cases of pregnant women fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included. These selected patients were prescribed for 5 days either clomiphene or letrozole in two groups, each of 40 patients. All patients were examined with transvaginal scan for ovulation induction. Results: The mean age of females was 23.76+-2.41 years . The mean duration of infertility was 2.45+-0.62 years . Letrozole was effective in 25(67.6%) of women while clomiphene showed effectiveness in just 12(32.4%) women, this was a difference in a p-value =0.004 . Conclusion: At the en d, it was concluded that ovulation induction with letrozole should be taken as treatment of choice while treating young PCOS patients.

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