NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In women who stop ovulating before reaching the age menopause would normally begin, a condition referred to as “premature ovarian failure,” who want to become pregnant, pretreatment with estrogen before stimulation of the ovaries improves the likelihood of ovulation, according to a report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.The results of treatment to induce ovulation in women with premature ovarian failure have been poor, explain Dr. Massimo Tartagni and colleagues from Universita di Bari, Italy. The researchers explored the hypothesis that treatment with estrogen before ovarian stimulation could improve the response of the ovarian follicles.
