Power and colour Doppler ultrasonography for the evaluation of the vasculature of the human corpus luteum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2836-2841

  Miyazaki, T ^a   Tanaka, M ^a   Miyakoshi, K ^a   Minegishi, K ^a   Kasai, K ^a   Yoshimura, Y ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Corpus luteum; Power Doppler; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031758906     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.10.2836     Document Type: Article

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