Antral follicle count: Absence of significant midlife decline

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2182-2185

  Rosen, Mitchell P ^a   Sternfeld, Barbara ^b   Schuh Huerta, Sonya M ^c   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^c   McCulloch, Charles E ^d   Cedars, Marcelle I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFC; age related infertility; ovarian aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED INFERTILITY; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 78049320255     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.045     Document Type: Article

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