Does ovarian stimulation affect uterine artery impedance?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-18

  Cacciatore, Bruno ^a   Tiitinen, Aila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

blood flow; Color Doppler; embryo transfer; in vitro fertilization; induction of superovulation; uterine artery

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030057024     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02068863     Document Type: Article

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