Oocyte donation to women over 40 years of age: Pregnancy complications

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-178

  Michalas, Stylianos ^a,b   Loutradis, Dimitris ^b   Drakakis, Peter ^b   Milingos, Spyros ^b   Papageorgiou, John ^b   Kallianidis, Konstantinos ^b   Koumantakis, Eugene ^b   Aravantinos, Denis ^b  

^a Athens University Medical School ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Obstetric complications; Older recipients; Oocyte donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030025160     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-2115(95)02335-6     Document Type: Article

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