Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1299-1302 , April 2009

Ovarian follicular volume and follicular surface area are better indicators of follicular growth and maturation, respectively, than is follicular diameter

  • Yalcin Yavas, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yalcin Yavas, Ph.D., Florida Institute for Reproductive Sciences and Technologies, 2300 N. Commerce Parkway, Suite 313, Weston, Florida, 33326-3257 (FAX: 954-217-3462).
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  • Minna R. Selub, M.D.

Received 22 February 2005 ,Revised 11 January 2008 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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 Y.Y. has nothing to disclose. M.R.S. has nothing to disclose.

 Presented at the 62nd annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21–25, 2006.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00145-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.050

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1299-1302 , April 2009

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