Comparison of follicular vascularization in normal versus polycystic ovaries during in vitro fertilization as measured using 3-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1358-1363

  Järvelä, Ilkka Y ^a,b   Sladkevicius, Povilas ^c   Kelly, Simon ^d   Ojha, Kamal ^b   Campbell, Stuart ^e   Nargund, Geeta ^e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Diana   (United Kingdom)

^c Universitetsjukhuset MAS Malmo S ^*  (Sweden)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Ctr for Repro and Adv Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antral follicle, flow index, ovarian response, vascularization index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 7944221599     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.048     Document Type: Article

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