Transvaginal ultrasound detection of multifollicular ovaries in non-hirsute ovulatory women

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-187

  Phy, J ^a   Foong, S ^a   Session, D ^a   Thornhill, A ^a   Tummon, I ^a   Dumesic, D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Multifollicular ovaries; Ovarian morphology; Ovulatory women; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 1242292312     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.954     Document Type: Article

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