Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on October 23, 2006
Human Reproduction 2007 22(2):623-624; doi:10.1093/humrep/del387
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Reply: Polycystic ovary-related miscarriageshould metformin be proposed to such frustrated women?
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCL, Chenies Mews 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Liverpool Womens Hospital, Liverpool, UK 3 Fertility Clinic 4071, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark and 4 Spaarne Ziekenhuis Haarlem, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Netherlands
5 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Spaarne Ziekenhuis Haarlem, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, PO Box 1644, Haarlem 2003 BR, the Netherlands. E-mail: exalto@gyn.nl
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Sir,
We appreciate the interest of Dr Manno, Dr Tomei and Dr Marchesan in our ESHRE (SIGEP) publication on Evidence-based guidelines for the investigation and medical treatment of recurrent miscarriage (Jauniaux et al., 2006
). We are aware of several publications suggesting a possible beneficial effect of metformin in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients.
PCOS is associated with