Stem cells in aged mammalian ovaries

Aging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-6

  Virant Klun, Irma ^a   Skutella, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Ovarian surface epithelium; Ovary; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77953446536     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100117     Document Type: Note

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