The oocyte population is not renewed in transplanted or irradiated adult ovaries

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2326-2330

  Begum, S ^a   Papaioannou, V E ^a   Gosden, R G ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; Ovary; Regeneration; Transplantation; X irradiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TRANSPLANTATION; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 52449108567     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den249     Document Type: Article

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