Follicular blood flow is a better predictor of the outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer than follicular fluid vascular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide concentrations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 586-592

  Kim, Ki Hyung ^a   Oh, Dae Sik ^b   Jeong, Jae Heok ^a   Shin, Byung Sub ^a   Joo, Bo Sun ^c   Lee, Kyu Sup ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Moonhwa Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Follicular blood flow; NO; pregnancy outcome; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 4544248279     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.120     Document Type: Article

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