Computerized assessment of endometrial echogenicity: Clues to the endometrial effects of premature progesterone elevation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 174-181

  Fanchin, Renato ^a   Righini, Claudia ^a   Olivennes, François ^a   Taieb, Joëlle ^a   De Ziegler, Dominique ^a   Frydman, René ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; Echogenicity; In vitro fertilization; Premature luteinization; Progesterone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUTEAL PHASE; MENOTROPINS; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032917579     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00410-5     Document Type: Article

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