Mechanical isolation and in vitro growth of preantral and small antral human follicles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 682-688

  Abir, Ronit ^a,b   Moore, Peter A ^b   Franks, Stephen ^c   Margara, Raul A ^b   Mobberley, Margaret A ^d   Winston, Robert M L ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atresia; E2; Human FSH; Human LH; Manual or mechanical isolation; Preantral follicles; Small antral follicles

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; OOCYTE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISSECTION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0343489565     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00264-1     Document Type: Article

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