A new model for ovarian follicular development during the human menstrual cycle

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-122

  Baerwald, Angela R ^a   Adams, Gregg P ^b   Pierson, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atresia; Follicular waves; Folliculogenesis; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0038383558     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00544-2     Document Type: Article

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