Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2179-2182 , December 2008

Power Doppler assessment of follicle vascularity at the time of oocyte retrieval in in vitro fertilization cycles

  • Stephen J. Robson, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Australian National University, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stephen J. Robson, M.P.H., Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Australian National University, Canberra Hospital, P.O. Box 11, Woden, Australian Capital Territory, 2606 (FAX: 61-2-6244-3422).
    • ,
  • Michael Barry, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Repromed, Dulwich, Adelaide, Australia
    • ,
  • Robert J. Norman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Repromed, Dulwich, Adelaide, Australia
    • Research Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Received 13 August 2007 ,Accepted 22 October 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)03922-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.039

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2179-2182 , December 2008

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