Investigation of the infertile couple: A one-stop ultrasound-based approach

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2481-2484

  Kelly, S M ^a   Sladkevicius, P ^a   Campbell, S ^a   Nargund, G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler; Hystero contrastsonography; Ovarian reserve; Subfertility investigation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SUBFERTILITY; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0035657541     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2481     Document Type: Review

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