Unusual presentation of a woman with polycystic ovaries and complex endometrial pathology

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-42

  Marikinti, Karunakar ^a  

^a Bourn Hall Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial hyperplasia; Endometrial thickness; Endometritis; Hysteroscopy; Pituitary down regulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 30944451564     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60978-9     Document Type: Article

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