title: Cervical mucus changes and ovulation prediction and detection.
abstract: Cervical mucus can be used to predict ovulation if a woman has received adequate education in the method and is committed to careful observation of her cervical mucus changes. Many different tests have been based on the quantity, physical properties or biochemical constituents of cervical mucus. However, routine use of cervical mucus for ovulation monitoring by patients requires that the tests be more practical for accurate sample collection and more objective for the detection of cervical mucus changes.
mesh_terms: D002582:Cervix Mucus / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010061:Ovulation Detection / Q000379:methods*