The use of transvaginal power Doppler ultrasonography to evaluate the relationship between perifollicular vascularity and outcome in in-vitro fertilization treatment cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 939-945

  Bhal, R S ^a   Pugh, N D ^a   Chui, D K ^a   Gregory, L ^a   Walker, S M ^a   Shaw, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicles; IVF; Power Doppler; Ultrasonography; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PERFUSION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLOIDY; VASCULARIZATION;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0032947920     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.4.939     Document Type: Article

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