Relationship between endometrial and subendometrial blood flow measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound and pregnancy after intrauterine insemination

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 747-752

  Kim, Ari ^a   Han, Ji Eun ^a   Yoon, Tae Ki ^a   Lyu, Sang Woo ^a   Seok, Hyun Ha ^a   Won, Hyung Jae ^a  

^a CHA Gangnam Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

endometrial blood flow; endometrial receptivity; IUI; Power Doppler; subendometrial blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77953726726     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.084     Document Type: Article

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