Assessment of ovarian stromal artery Doppler characteristics and serum hormone levels in patients with Behçet disease

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 288-292

  Çil, Aylin Pelin ^a   Karabulut, Ayşe Anil ^a   Koçak, Mukadder ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behcet disease; Doppler ultrasound; Hormones; Ovary

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN STROMAL ARTERY; OVARY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSATILE FLOW; SYSTOLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; BEHCET SYNDROME; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650127801     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.3049-09.1     Document Type: Article

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