Assessment of anovulation in eumenorrheic women: Comparison of ovulation detection algorithms

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lynch, Kristine E ^a,b   Mumford, Sunni L ^a   Schliep, Karen C ^a   Whitcomb, Brian W ^c   Zarek, Shvetha M ^a   Pollack, Anna Z ^a,d   Bertone Johnson, Elizabeth R ^c   Danaher, Michelle ^a   Wactawski Wende, Jean ^e   Gaskins, Audrey J ^a,f   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

estradiol; luteinizing hormone; menstrual cycles; Ovulation; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION DETECTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLES; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANOVULATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEW YORK; OVULATION; OVULATION DETECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905462636     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.04.035     Document Type: Article

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