Ultrastructural characteristics of the luteal phase endometrium in patients undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 625-630

  Kolb, Bradford Alan ^a   Najmabadi, Sam ^a   Paulson, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; endometrium; Luteal phase; scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030934916     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81356-8     Document Type: Article

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