Relationship between uterine blood flow and endometrial and subendometrial blood flows during stimulated and natural cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 721-727

  Ng, Ernest H Y ^a   Chan, Carina C W ^a   Tang, Oi S ^a   Yeung, William S B ^a   Ho, Pak C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Endometrial and subendometrial blood flows; Three dimensional power Doppler; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BUSERELIN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 32944476483     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.09.051     Document Type: Article

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