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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Premature Ovarian Failure

Francisco Raga, Fernando Bonilla-Musoles, Newton G Osborne, Luiz E Machado, Francisco Bonilla

Citation Information : Raga F, Bonilla-Musoles F, Osborne NG, Machado LE, Bonilla F. Premature Ovarian Failure. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007; 1 (2):64-79.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1100

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-06-2008

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2007; The Author(s).


Abstract

Using autoradiography, transmission and raster electron microscopy, this review shows how oocytes disappear in human ovaries.

Clinical, hormonal and ultrasound (using 3D, vocal and inverse mode) parameters used in the diagnosis of early ovarian aging are described on the light of the most recent knowledge.

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