Intraindividual hormonal variability in ultrasonographically timed successive ovulatory menstrual cycles is detected only in the luteal phase in infertility patients

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 363-367

  Ojha, Kamal ^a   Barnes, Sophie C ^b   Boa, Frances G ^b   Moody, Stephen ^b   Sladkevicius, Povilas ^a   Nargund, Geeta ^a   Collinson, Paul O ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraindividual variation; Ovulatory cycles; Progesterone; Serum gonadotrophins

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; INHIBIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; BLOOD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INHIBINS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS;

EID: 0035988587     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016342320269     Document Type: Article

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