Decreased pregnancy rate is linked to abnormal uterine peristalsis caused by intramural fibroids

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2475-2479

  Yoshino, O ^a,b   Hayashi, T ^b   Osuga, Y ^a   Orisaka, M ^c   Asada, H ^d   Okuda, S ^d   Hori, M ^e   Furuya, M ^d   Onuki, H ^b   Sadoshima, Y ^b   Hiroi, H ^a   Fujiwara, T ^f   Kotsuji, F ^c   Yoshimura, Y ^d   Nishii, O ^b   Taketani, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA SANNO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cine magnetic resonance imaging; infertility; intramural fibroids; uterine fibroma; uterine peristalsis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PERISTALSIS;

EID: 77956934176     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq222     Document Type: Article

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