Premature ovarian failure: Think 'autoimmune disorder'

Sexuality, Reproduction and Menopause

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-233

  Lebovic, Dan I ^a   Naz, Rajesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; ESTROGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KARYOTYPE; OVARY INFLAMMATION; OVULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13844317808     PISSN: 15462501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sram.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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