Colour power Doppler in infertility and ART

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-234

  Borini, Andrea ^a   Tallarini, Alessandra ^a   Sciajno, Raffaella ^a   Maccolini, Andrea ^a  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

IVF; Perifollicular vascularization; Power Doppler; Subendometrial vascularity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MICROVASCULATURE; NIDATION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 10944233196     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rigp.2004.04.004     Document Type: Review

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