Blood to the cornual area of the uterus is mainly supplied from the ovarian artery in the follicular phase and from the uterine artery in the luteal phase

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1003-1008

  Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Einer Jensen, Niels ^b   Barba, Bruno ^a   Luisi, Diletta ^a   Alfonso, Raffaello ^a   Tartagni, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Local transfer; Temperature; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVARY FUNCTION; PREMENOPAUSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1842584861     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh171     Document Type: Article

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