Ovarian function in girls and women with GALT-deficiency galactosemia

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-366

  Fridovich Keil, Judith L ^a   Gubbels, Cynthia S ^b   Spencer, Jessica B ^a   Sanders, Rebecca D ^c   Land, Jolande A ^d   Rubio Gozalbo, Estela ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GONADOTROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANOVULATION; DELAYED PUBERTY; DIET RESTRICTION; EPIGENETICS; GALACTOSEMIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL INFANTILISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; OVARY; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; PUBERTY; SEPSIS;

EID: 79955688361     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9221-4     Document Type: Review

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