Adding L-carnitine in Clomiphene Resistant Polycystic Ovary Improves the Quality of Ovulation and the Pregnancy Outcome
Adding L-carnitine in Clomiphene Resistant Polycystic Ovary Improves the Quality of Ovulation and the Pregnancy Outcome
Adding L-carnitine is more successful than clomiphene as a first line therapy for ovulation
 induction in women with clomiphene resistant PCOS
Patients younger than 35 years, presenting with primary or secondary infertility following
 regular intercourse for at least 1 year and diagnosed with PCO according to Rotterdam's
 criteria who had received five unsuccessful clomiphene citrate-timed intercourse stimulation
 cycles were included.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients younger than 35 years, presenting with primary or secondary infertility
 following regular intercourse for at least 1 year and diagnosed with PCO according to
 Rotterdam's criteria who had received five unsuccessful clomiphene citrate-timed
 intercourse stimulation cycles were included. The diagnosis was based on a complete
 history taking, physical examination and a paper documented complete infertility
 work-up within the previous 6 months, either conducted within the setting of the
 hospital or at a licensed infertility management clinic.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  age more than 40 years,

 -  tubal,uterine or male factor infertility