Follicular fluid levels of vascular endothelial growth factor: Are they predictive markers for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Geva, Eli ^a,d   Amit, Ami ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Lerner Geva, Liat ^b   Daniel, Yair ^a   Yovel, Israel ^a   Azem, Foad ^a   Barak, Vivian ^c  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Fertilization in vitro; Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; Vascular; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0033016588     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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