Number of germ cells and somatic cells in human fetal ovaries during the first weeks after sex differentiation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-35

  Bendsen, E ^a   Byskov, A G ^b   Andersen, C Yding ^b   Westergaard, L G ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fetal ovaries; First trimester; Germ cells; Human; In vivo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETUS; GERM CELL; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCED ABORTION; MEIOSIS; MESONEPHROS; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 29144456679     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei280     Document Type: Article

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