A randomized double-blind comparison of perifollicular vascularity and endometrial receptivity in ovulatory women taking clomiphene citrate at two different times

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2881-2884

  Cheung, Wai ^a,b   Ng, Ernest Hung Yu ^a   Ho, Pak Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate; Endometrial receptivity; Follicular vascularity; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; CLOMIFENE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE TUBE; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; UTERUS;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; CLOMIPHENE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS;

EID: 0036849443     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.11.2881     Document Type: Article

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