Blood flow changes in the ovarian and uterine arteries during the normal menstrual cycle

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 625-631

  Tan, Seang Lin ^a,c,d   Zaidi, Jamal ^a   Campbell, Stuart ^a   Doyle, Patricia ^b   Collins, William ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doppler imaging; Follicular; Ovarian stromal; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; PULSATILE FLOW; UTERUS;

EID: 0029836949     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a73865     Document Type: Article

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