Fertility in perimenopausal women

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 958-965

  Cohen, Matthew A ^a   Sauer, Mark V ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

AGE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

AGING; CLIMACTERIC; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032468474     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199812000-00022     Document Type: Review

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