The number of oogonia and somatic cells in the human female embryo and fetus in relation to whether or not exposed to maternal cigarette smoking

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2558-2566

  Lutterodt, M C ^a,b   Sorensen K P ^a   Larsen, K B ^c,d   Skouby, S O ^b   Andersen, C Yding ^a   Byskov, A G ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; First trimester pregnancy; Human embryo and fetus; Oogonia; PAH

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGAL ABORTION; MATERNAL SMOKING; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SOMATIC CELL; TWIN PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS;

MURINAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OOGONIA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SMOKING;

EID: 70349437361     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep226     Document Type: Article

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