Is there evidence for preferential delivery of ovarian estradiol to the endometrium?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1156-1158

  Tourgeman, David E ^a,b   Boostanfar, Robert ^a   Chang, Lilly ^a   Lu, Jing ^a   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^a   Paulson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; Endometrium; Estradiol; Ovarian; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARY; POWDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA;

EID: 0035009014     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01786-1     Document Type: Article

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