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Ovarian ultrasonography highlights precision of symptoms of ovulation as markers of ovulation

Robert E. J. Ryder, Susan Walker, MF Scanlon, Cajsa Norman, J Depares

  • University Hospital of Wales ROR
  • Anglia Ruskin University ROR

British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), 292(6535), 1562

DOI 10.1136/bmj.292.6535.1562 PMID 3087519

Abstract

In recent years increasing interest has focused on the symptoms that accompany normal ovulation. 'Identifying the accuracy ofthese symptoms as indicators of ovulation is of practical importance both to the subfertile couple trying to maximise the chance of conception and to the couple using" natural fiaily planiing" to prevent conception. Until recently it has not been possible to assess the accuracy of the symptoms because of difficulties in assessing the exact time of ovulation. Ovarian ultrasonography has now been shown to allow accurate …

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PMID 3087519 3087519 DOI 10.1136/bmj.292.6535.1562 10.1136/bmj.292.6535.1562

Cite this article

Depares, J., Ryder, R. E., Walker, S. M., Scanlon, M. F., & Norman, C. M. (1986). Ovarian ultrasonography highlights precision of symptoms of ovulation as markers of ovulation. *British medical journal (Clinical research ed.)*, *292*(6535), 1562. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.292.6535.1562

Keywords

Adult, Cervix Mucus/physiology, Female, Humans, Ovary/anatomy & Histology, Ovulation, Ovulation Detection/methods, Ultrasonography/methods

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