The excess in 2-5 mm follicles seen at ovarian ultrasonography is tightly associated to the follicular arrest of the polycystic ovary syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1562-1566

  Dewailly, Didier ^a   Catteau Jonard, Sophie ^a   Reyss, Anne Céline ^a   Maunoury Lefebvre, Catherine ^a   Poncelet, Edouard ^a   Pigny, Pascal ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Androgens; Anovulation; Follicular arrest; Insulin; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 34447336965     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem060     Document Type: Article

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