Defining endometrial growth during the menstrual cycle with three-dimensional ultrasound

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 944-949

  Raine Fenning, Nicholas J ^a,b   Campbell, Bruce K ^a   Clewes, Jeanette S ^a   Kendall, Nigel R ^a   Johnson, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PARITY;

EID: 4544309105     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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