Infertile women of advanced reproductive age: Variability of day 3 FSH and E 2 levels

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1023-1026

  Buyalos, Richard P ^a,b   Ghosh, Kris ^a,c   Daneshmand, Said T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Estradiol; FSH; Infertility, female

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032416779     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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