Ultrasound image attributes of human ovarian dominant follicles during natural and oral contraceptive cycles

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Birtch, Rebecca L ^a   Baerwald, Angela R ^a   Olatunbosun, Olufemi A ^a   Pierson, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTIMATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 18144409503     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-3-12     Document Type: Article

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