Race/ethnic disparities in reproductive age: An examination of ovarian reserve estimates across four race/ethnic groups of healthy, regularly cycling women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 199-207

  Bleil, Maria E ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^b   Adler, Nancy E ^a   Sternfeld, Barbara ^c   Rosen, Mitchell P ^b   Cedars, Marcelle I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antim llerian hormone (AMH); menopause; ovarian reserve; race ethnicity; reproductive aging

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84891497815     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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