Transvaginal colour flow imaging of the uterine arteries during the ovarian and menstrual cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 391-395

  Steer, C V ^a,b   Campbell, S ^b   Pampiglione, J S ^a,b   Kingsland, C R ^a   Mason, B A ^a   Collins, W P ^b  

^a Bourn Hallam Medical Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Menstrual cycle; Ovarian cycle; Pulsatility index; Transvaginal colour pulsed ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGESTERONE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0024999788     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137109     Document Type: Article

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