Premature ovarian failure: Its relationship to autoimmune disease

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 27-30

  Alper, Michael M ^a   Garnermb, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; OVARIAN DISEASES; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0021791837     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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