Morphometric analysis of primordial follicle number in pigtailed monkey ovaries: Symmetry and relationship with age

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 553-556

  Miller, Paul B ^a,d   Charleston, Jay S ^b   Battaglia, David E ^c   Klein, Nancy A ^c   Soules, Michael R ^c  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA NEMESTRINA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032798287     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.2.553     Document Type: Article

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