Diagnostic evaluation of the infertile female: A committee opinion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e44-e50

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Author keywords

conception; Infertility; oocyte; ovarian reserve; unexplained

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INDIGO CARMINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ANOVULATION; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODY TEST; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLOMIFENE CITRATE CHALLENGE TEST; CORPUS LUTEUM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY MENOPAUSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTCOITAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROVOCATION TEST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OVARIAN FUNCTION TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930926968     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.03.019     Document Type: Article

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