Side of ovulation and its effects on uterine and ovarian stromal blood flow and reproductive hormones

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Ojha, Kamal ^a   Sladkevicius, Povilas ^a   Scaramuzzi, Rex ^a,b   Collier, Timothy ^a,c   Campbell, Stuart ^a   Nargund, Geeta ^a  

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

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominant and nondominant side; Ovarian and uterine Dopplers; Peak systolic velocity; Pulsatility index; Side of ovulation

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; STROMA; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ARTERIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STROMAL CELLS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

EID: 0037305768     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04575-2     Document Type: Article

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