Ovarian follicle loss in humans and mice: Lessons from statistical model comparison

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1796-1805

  Coxworth, J E ^a   Hawkes, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike information criteria; atresia; biphasic; menopause; oocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77955873727     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq136     Document Type: Article

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