The role of ovarian volume in reproductive medicine

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-266

  Lass, Amir ^a   Brinsden, Peter ^a  

^a Bourn Hall Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Ovarian volume; Polycystic ovaries; Screening; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032973356     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/5.3.256     Document Type: Review

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