Transvaginal ultrasonography in women receiving emergency contraception

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1074-1077

  Severi, Filiberto M ^a   Bocchi, Caterina ^a   Florio, Pasquale ^a   Cobellis, Luigi ^a   Ignacchiti, Erika ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anamnestic data; Conception risk; Endometrium; Menstrual cycle; Ovary; Ovulation; Postcoital contraception; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038300143     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04962-2     Document Type: Article

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