Form and function of the corpus luteum during the human menstrual cycle

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-507

  Baerwald, A R ^a   Adams, G P ^b   Pierson, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Follicular waves; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEINIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 18844389500     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1891     Document Type: Article

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