Ovarian aging and infertility

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-8

  Meden Vrtovec, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

FSH; Impaired fertility; Infertility treatment; Inhibin B; Menstrual cyclicity; Ovarian aging

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B;

ADULT; AGING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 1042300078     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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