Telomeres and Female Reproductive Aging

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 389-395

  Kalmbach, Keri Horan ^a   Antunes, Danielle Mota Fontes ^b   Kohlrausch, Fabiana ^b   Keefe, David Lawrence ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aging; fertility; genetics; In vitro fertilization; polar body; telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; POLAR BODY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949502802     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1567823     Document Type: Article

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