Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 624-626 , February 2009

Progress toward “in vivo virtual histology” of ovarian follicles and corpora lutea by ultrasound biomicroscopy

  • Pilar Pallares, M.V.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Animalario, CNIC, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints requests: Pilar Pallares, M.V.D., Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain (FAX: 34-91-453-12-65).
    • ,
  • Claudia Letelier, M.V.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproduccion Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
    • Instituto de Ciencia Animal y Tecnologia de Carnes, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
    • ,
  • Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproduccion Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain

Received 23 January 2008 ,Revised 10 March 2008 ,Accepted 9 May 2008.

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 P.P. has nothing to disclose. C.L. has nothing to disclose. A.G.-B. has nothing to disclose.

 This study was developed under a collaborative project (CC07-018) between Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA). The CNIC is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs and the Pro-CNIC Foundation; the INIA is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science Affairs; there was no other outside funding.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01146-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.033

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 624-626 , February 2009

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