Pregnancies beyond the human biological fecundity

Women's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Shufaro, Yoel ^a   Schenker, Joseph G ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

menopause; oocyte donation; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; CHILD WELFARE; CONCEPTION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MENOPAUSE; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 83755167950     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.83     Document Type: Review

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