Primary dysmenorrhea and uterine blood flow: A color Doppler study

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-255

  Altunyurt, Sabahattin ^a   Göl, Mert ^a   Altunyurt, Sebnem ^a   Sezer, Orcun ^a   Demir, Namik ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Dysmenorrhea; Ultrasonography; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NULLIPARA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 17644384518     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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