Fertility and infertility in aging women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 407-413

  Szamatowicz, M ^a   Grochowski, D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fecundity rate; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Pregnancy rates; Women's age

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032465336     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513599809012843     Document Type: Review

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