Effects of aging on ovarian fecundity in terms of the incidence of apoptotic granulosa cells

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 168-173

  Sadraie, Seyed Homayoon ^a,b   Saito, Hidekazu ^a   Kaneko, Tomoko ^a   Saito, Takakazu ^a   Hiroi, Masahiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Granulosa cells; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0033914481     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009422323306     Document Type: Article

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