Implantation in patients over 40 and raising FSH levels - A review

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. B, 2003, Pages

  Ubaldi, F ^a   Rienzi, L ^a   Baroni, E ^a   Ferrero, S ^a   Iacobelli, M ^a   Minasi, M G ^a   Sapienza, F ^a   Martinez, F ^a   Cobellis, L ^b   Greco, E ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; CELL DAMAGE; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS;

EID: 10744232342     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(03)00179-6     Document Type: Review

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