Quantification of ovarian stromal Doppler signals in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy

Menopause

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 366-372

  Pan, Hsien An ^a,b   Li, Chin Hsien ^b   Cheng, Yueh Chin ^a   Wu, Meng Hsing ^a   Chang, Fong Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Ovary; Three dimensional power Doppler

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0038045333     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000055486.06076.DB     Document Type: Article

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