Evaluation of endometrial receptivity during in-vitro fertilization using three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 765-769

  Jarvela I Y ^a,b   Sladkevicius, P ^b,c   Kelly, S ^b,d   Ojha, K ^b   Campbell, S ^b,e   Nargund, G ^b,e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Universitetsjukhuset MAS ^*  (Sweden)

^d Fertility Associates   (New Zealand)

^e Ctr for Repro and Adv Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Subendometrial flow; Triple line; Vascularization index

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 29144432276     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2628     Document Type: Article

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