Successful pregnancy in a patient having high basal serum levels of sex steroid hormones

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-48

  Furuhashi, M ^a,b   Suganuma, N ^c   Nishimori, K ^d  

^a Handa City Hospital   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOYOHASHI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Estrogen; Ovary; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0036834467     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040100226     Document Type: Article

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