Does 3D ultrasound offer any advantage in the pretreatment assessment of ovarian reserve and prediction of outcome after assisted reproduction treatment?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1932-1941

  Jayaprakasan, K ^a   Hilwah, N ^a   Kendall, N R ^a   Hopkisson, J F ^a   Campbell, B K ^a   Johnson, I R ^a   Raine Fenning, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Antral follicle count; In vitro fertilization; Inversion mode; Ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FUNCTION; PREDICTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 34447297823     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem104     Document Type: Article

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