Power Doppler ultrasound assessment of ovarian perifollicular blood flow in women with polycystic ovaries and normal ovaries during in vitro fertilization treatment

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 945-954

  Costello, Michael F ^a,b   Shrestha, Sanu M ^a,b   Sjoblom, Peter ^a,b   McNally, Glen ^b   Bennett, Michael J ^a   Steigrad, Stephen J ^b   Hughes, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Follicular vascularity; IVF; Ovarian perifollicular blood flow; Polycystic ovaries

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCTION; STIMULATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 17044380533     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.09.025     Document Type: Article

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