Age and infertility: The clinical point of view

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 477-483

  Weeg, N ^a   Shalom Paz, E ^b   Wiser, A ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Obstetrics and Gynecology Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age factors; Infertility; Ovulation induction

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN;

AGING; CONCEPTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875297456     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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