Menorrhagia and uterine artery blood flow

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 186-189

  Hurskainen, R ^a,b   Teperi, J ^b   Paavonen, J ^a   Cacciatore, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Health Services Research Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Doppler velocimetry; Menorrhagia; Pulsatility index; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; PATHOGENESIS; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0032960592     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.1.186     Document Type: Article

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