Doppler ultrasound investigation of uterine and ovarian blood flow in infertility and early pregnancy

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 467-503

  Dickey, Richard P ^a,b  

^a Fertility Institute of New Orleans   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion (miscarriage); Doppler ultrasound; Pregnancy first trimester; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY POSTURE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031409621     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.5.467     Document Type: Review

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