Parental infertility and sexual maturation in children

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 445-450

  Zhu, Jin Liang ^a   Basso, Olga ^b   Obel, Carsten ^a,c   Bech, Bodil Hammer ^a   Nohr, Ellen Aagaard ^a   Shrestha, Anshu ^d   Olsen, Jørn ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Infertility treatment; Puberty; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL MATURATION; VOICE CHANGE;

EID: 58449084445     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den366     Document Type: Article

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