Ovarian volume and menopausal status

Menopause

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-61

  Flaws, Jodi A ^a   Rhodes, Julia C ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Hirshfield, Anne N ^a   Kjerulff, Kristen ^a   Sharara, Fady I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Hormone use; Menopausal status; Ovarian volume; Smoking; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREDICTION; SMOKING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033958262     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200007010-00009     Document Type: Article

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