Maturation and apoptosis of human oocytes in vitro are age-related

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1137-1141

  Wu, Ji ^a   Zhang, Lizhu ^a   Wang, Xiuyun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas antigen; Maturation; Oocyte; Relation to age

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES;

EID: 0033637893     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01597-1     Document Type: Article

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