Does autoimmunity play a role in the pathophysiology of premature ovarian ageing?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 830-834

  Weghofer, Andrea ^a   Brill, Hayama ^b   Feichtinger, Ramona ^a   Barad, David ^c,d   Gleicher, Norbert ^b,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Chicago Center for Human Reproduction   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Autoimmunity; IVF; Poor responder; Premature ovarian ageing; Premature ovarian failure

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 45749117578     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60149-6     Document Type: Article

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