Quantification of the effect of pituitary down-regulation on 3D ultrasound predictors of ovarian response

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1538-1544

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D power Doppler ultrasound; Antral follicle count; Down regulation; In vitro fertilization; Ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NAFARELIN ACETATE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADRENAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 44949202480     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den128     Document Type: Article

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