Time for an ultrasound revolution in reproductive medicine

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-111

  Nargund, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LUTEAL CELL; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS CAVITY;

FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036426425     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00784.x     Document Type: Editorial

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