True ovarian volume is underestimated by two-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound measurement

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 995-998

  Rosendahl, Mikkel ^a   Ernst, Erik ^b   Rasmussen, Per Emil ^c   Andersen, Claus Yding ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anti M llerian hormone; ovarian reserve; Ovarian volume; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MELPHALAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEOPLASMS; OOCYTES; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

EID: 75749138592     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.055     Document Type: Article

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