How old are your eggs?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 540-544

  Nikolaou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ovarian ageing; Ovarian reserve; Screening

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

AGING; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EGG; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OOCYTE; OVARIAN AGING; OVARIAN FUNCTION TEST; OVARY DISEASE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION;

EID: 56849097171     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328317c755     Document Type: Review

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