Endometrial thickness: Individual and mean growth profiles for different hormone replacement regimens

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2724-2731

  Brooks, A A ^a   Johnson, M R ^a   Pawson, M E ^a   Thomas, A ^b   Phelan, L K ^a   Abdalla, H I ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial growth; Endometrial thickness; Hormone replacement

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0030468947     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019198     Document Type: Article

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