Vascular endothelial growth factor levels in serum and follicular fluid of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-311

  Lee, Annette ^a   Burry, Kenneth A ^a   Christenson, Lane K ^b   Patton, Phillip E ^a,c   Stouffer, Richard L ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FF; Granulosa cells; IVF; OHSS; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LUTEINIZATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0342618534     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81520-8     Document Type: Article

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