Color Doppler analysis in oligo- and amenorrheic women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-110

  Battaglia, C ^a   Artini, P G ^b   Genazzani, A D ^a   Gremigni, R ^b   Salvatori, M ^a   Sgherzi, M R ^a   Giulini, S ^a   Lombardo, M ^b   Volpe, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; Menstrual disturbances; Polycystic ovary; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; FOLLITROPIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030989486     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513599709152520     Document Type: Article

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