Can apps and calendar methods predict ovulation with accuracy?

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1587-1594

  Johnson, Sarah ^a   Marriott, Lorrae ^a   Zinaman, Michael ^b  

^a SPD Development Company Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apps; fertility; menstrual cycle; Ovulation prediction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE APPLICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; URINE SAMPLING; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILE PERIOD; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION;

ADULT; CALENDARS AS TOPIC; DATA ACCURACY; FEMALE; FERTILE PERIOD; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; OVULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85047382790     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2018.1475348     Document Type: Article

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