Ovarian fecundity in patients with endometriosis can be estimated by the incidence of apoptotic bodies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 931-935

  Nakahara, Kenji ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a   Saito, Takakazu ^a   Ito, Mariko ^a   Ohta, Nobuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Toshifumi ^a   Hiroi, Masahiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptotic bodies; Chocolate cyst; Endometriosis; Granulosa cells; Human; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032079318     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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