Efficacy of oocytes donated by older women in an oocyte donation programme

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 820-823

  Wong, I Lane ^a   Legro, Richard S ^a   Lindheim, Steven R ^a   Paulson, Richard J ^a   Sauer, Mark V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Embryo quality; Fertility; Oocyte donors; Oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DONOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0029881368     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019260     Document Type: Article

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