REVERSIBLE OVULATORY FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUTEINIZED UNRUPTURED FOLLICLES IN WOMEN WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS TAKINGNONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS

Authors
SMITH G ROBERTS R HALL C NUKI G
Citation
G. Smith et al., REVERSIBLE OVULATORY FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUTEINIZED UNRUPTURED FOLLICLES IN WOMEN WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS TAKINGNONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS, British journal of rheumatology, 35(5), 1996, pp. 458-462
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
British journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02637103
Volume
35
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
458 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0263-7103(1996)35:5<458:ROFAWT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The case histories of three young women with ankylosing spondylitis, r heumatoid arthritis and a seronegative inflammatory polyarthritis unde rgoing investigations for infertility are presented. In each, non-ster oidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy was associated with the r ecurrent development of luteinized unruptured ovarian follicles and no rmal ovulation following drug withdrawal. It is suggested that NSAID t herapy may be an important and frequently overlooked cause of anovulat ion and infertility.