Assessment of endometrial receptivity using Doppler ultrasonography in infertile women undergoing intrauterine insemination

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-73

  Riad, Olfat Nouh ^a   Hak, Ahmad Abdel ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Ovulation induction; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUBENDOMETRIAL BLOOD FLOW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84890544674     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2013.859668     Document Type: Article

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