Premature ovarian failure

Bailliere's Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-384

  Barlow, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER THERAPY; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GALACTOSEMIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029799681     PISSN: 09503552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3552(96)80020-4     Document Type: Article

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