A comparison of endometrial and subendometrial vascularity assessed by three-dimensional ultrasonography and power Doppler angiography between healthy fertile women and women with unexplained primary recurrent miscarriage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1127-1129

  Chen, Leining ^a   Quan, Song ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Chen, Cuihua ^a   Xing, Fuqi ^a   Yu, Yanhong ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endometrial vascularity; power Doppler; subendometrial vascularity; three dimensional ultrasound; unexplained recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL VASCULARITY; ENDOMETRIAL VASCULARIZATION INDEX; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FLOW INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBENDOMETRIAL VASCULARITY; SUBENDOMETRIAL VASCULARIZATION INDEX; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDEX;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUTEAL PHASE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951958337     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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