The interovarian variation in three-dimensional ultrasound markers of ovarian reserve in women undergoing baseline investigation for subfertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 667-672

  Deb, Shilpa ^a   Kannamannadiar, Jayaprakasan ^a   Campbell, Bruce K ^a   Clewes, Jeanette S ^a   Raine Fenning, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

folliculogenesis; Ovarian reserve; physiological variation; three dimensional; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN RESERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INDIVIDUALITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78751575341     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.031     Document Type: Article

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