Telomere length predicts embryo fragmentation after in vitro fertilization in women - Toward a telomere theory of reproductive aging in women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1256-1260

  Keefe, David L ^a,b,c,e   Franco, Sonia ^d   Liu, Lin ^a,b   Trimarchi, James ^a,b,c   Cao, Benning ^a   Weitzen, Sherry ^a   Agarwal, Shoba ^a,b   Blasco, Maria A ^d  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MBL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aneuploidy; Apoptosis; Eggs; Embryos; Meiosis; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS INDEX; PREDICTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 16844384347     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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