A new ultrasound criterion for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome: The ovarian stroma/total area ratio

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 326-331

  Fulghesu, Anna Maria ^a   Ciampelli, Mario ^a   Belosi, Chiara ^a   Apa, Rosanna ^a   Pavone, Virginia ^a   Lanzone, Antonio ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperandrogenism; Ovarian stroma; PCOS; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

AMENORRHEA; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034901923     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01919-7     Document Type: Article

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