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ArticleCureus2023

Pregnancy Rates in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Using Letrozole Versus Clomiphene Citrate: A Retrospective Record Review.

Yara O Bahawi, Ebtesam M Radwan, Maryam A Khouj, Rahaf K Alotaibi, Nada A Bajuwaiber, Lama F Baghlaf, Wala F AlFaraj, Ayman M Oraif

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yara O BahawiDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Ebtesam M RadwanDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Maryam A KhoujDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Rahaf K AlotaibiDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Nada A BajuwaiberDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Lama F BaghlafDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Wala F AlFarajDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Ayman M OraifDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU.
King Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and objectives Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prominent cause of anovulation. Thus, this study aimed to compare the pregnancy rates of women with PCOS treated with letrozole (LE) or clomiphene citrate (CC) at King Abdulaziz University Hospital. Patients and methods A retrospective record review was conducted from April 2021 to August 2022 to review 1370 records of women with PCOS from January 2015 to December 2021. Sixty-one patients were included in this analysis. Chi-square tests and independent sample t-tests were used to analyze various associations. Statistical significance was set at

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clomiphene citrateinfertility drugsletrozolepolycystic ovary syndrome (pcos)pregnancy rates

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PMID37605693
PMCPMC10440068
OpenAlexW4385069140

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