Does pregnancy induce the shedding of premalignant ovarian cells?

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-173

  Rostgaard, Klaus ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Andersen, Per Kragh ^a,b   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^a   Frisch, Morten ^a   Westergaard, Tine ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maternal age; Ovarian cancer; Parity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CELL; PARITY; PRECANCER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037608648     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200303000-00010     Document Type: Article

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