Is telomere length one of the determinants of reproductive life span?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-116

  Aydos, Sena E ^a   Elhan, Atilla H ^a   Tükün, Ajlan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fiber FISH; Menopause; Reproductive life span; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TELOMERE; VOLUNTEER;

DNA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELOMERE;

EID: 21744431507     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0690-2     Document Type: Article

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