Reproductive performance and three-dimensional ultrasound volume determination of polycystic ovaries following laparoscopic ovarian drilling

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 436-440

  Tulandi, Togos ^a,b   Watkin, Kenneth ^a   Tan, Seang Lin ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Polycystic ovarian syndrome; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031406409     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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