Assessment of endometrial and ovarian characteristics using three dimensional power Doppler ultrasound to predict response in frozen embryo transfer cycles

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Žáčková, Tamara ^a,b   Järvelä, Ilkka Y ^a   Tapanainen, Juha S ^a   Feyereisl, Jaroslav ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFERTILITY; OVARY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VAGINA;

EID: 74549132791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-151     Document Type: Article

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