The immature human ovary shows loss of abnormal follicles and increasing follicle developmental competence through childhood and adolescence

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-106

  Anderson, R A ^a   McLaughlin, M ^b   Wallace, W H B ^c   Albertini, D F ^d   Telfer, E E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Follicle; Ovary; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENCE; CHILDHOOD; FOLLICLE; OVARY; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84890656245     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det388     Document Type: Article

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