Colour Doppler changes and thromboxane production after ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2477-2482

  Battaglia, Cesare ^a   Artini, Paolo G ^b   Giulini, Simone ^a   Salvatori, Michela ^a   Maxia, Nicoletta ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a   Volpe, Annibale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; GnRH a; Infertility; Ovarian stimulation; Thromboxane; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THROMBOXANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0030781965     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.11.2477     Document Type: Article

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