A reduction in intraovarian arterial blood flow resistance after ovulation is necessary to achieve pregnancy in natural cycle

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-14

  Nakagawa, Koji ^a   Ozawa, Nobuaki ^a   Takamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Yuji ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^b   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^c   Saito, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraovarian arterial blood flow; Ovulation; Pregnancy; Pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 17644402420     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-0814-z     Document Type: Article

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