Motherhood at or beyond the edge of reproductive age

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Blickstein, Isaac ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Egg donation; Multiple pregnancy; Older maternal age; Pregnancy complications; Pregnancy outcome; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; OOCYTE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037214770     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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