Intraovarian arterial blood flow resistance in oligomenorrheal infertile women

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Nakagawa, Koji ^a   Takahashi, Yuji ^a   Ito, Megumu ^a   Horikawa, Takashi ^a   Ohgi, Shirei ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^b   Saito, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low dose FSH step up protocol; Oligomenorrhea; Ovulation induction; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33745032276     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-9007-z     Document Type: Article

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