Age at menopause as a marker of reproductive ageing

Maturitas

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Te Velde, E R ^a   Dorland, M ^a   Broekmans, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Fertility; Menopause

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AGING; DIET; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GRANULOSA CELL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0031783837     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(98)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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