Ovarian volume in gynecologically healthy women using no contraception, or using IUD or oral contraception

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 784-789

  Christensen, Jeanette T ^a,c   Boldsen, Jesper ^b   Westergaard, Jes G ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intrauterine contraceptive device; Ovarian volume; Peroral contraception; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030884509     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709024348     Document Type: Article

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