Value of cyclic hormonal assessment by vaginal cytology in infertile women.

Infertility associated with anovulation is a well recognised ootity but recently disturbed ovulation, early or delayed, accompanied with the luteal phase defect has been considered pathological as it leads to sterility or ear1y miscarriages. (Gillam, 1955; Grant, et al, 1959; Jones and Purmand, 1962; Israel, 1967, and Arrata, and Iffy, 1971). Thus, detection as well as dating the ovulation is essential for infertility work up. In the present study, the attention is focussed on detecting as well as timing the ovulation in 60 infertile women, after eliminating other factors leading to infertility.