Role of utero-ovarian vascular impedance: Predictor of ongoing pregnancy in an IVF-embryo transfer programme

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-305

  Ozturk, Ozkan ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^b   Saridogan, Ertan ^a   Jauniaux, Eric ^a   Templeton, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; Doppler; Outcome; Perfusion; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERFUSION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 4544265992     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62145-1     Document Type: Article

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