Is follicular atresia biphasic?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 851-859

  Leidy, Lynnette E ^a   Godfrey, Laurie R ^a   Sutherland, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; Mathematical model; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENOPAUSE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032211862     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00316-1     Document Type: Article

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