Female reproductive decline is determined by remaining ovarian reserve and age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Wilkosz, Pawel ^a,b   Greggains, Gareth D ^a   Tanbo, Tom G ^a,b   Fedorcsak, Peter ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE AGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907905193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108343     Document Type: Article

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