Associations between ultrasound indices of follicular blood flow, oocyte recovery and preimplantation embryo quality

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-113

  Nargund, G ^a   Bourne, T ^a   Doyle, P ^b   Parsons, J ^a   Cheng, W ^c   Campbell, S ^a   Collins, W ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Thomson Medical Centre   (Singapore)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler imaging; Follicular blood flow; IVF; Oocyte recovery; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PULSATILE FLOW; SYSTOLE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

EID: 0030060926     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019000     Document Type: Article

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