Fertility and age

The changing social scenario together with economic growth and an increase in job opportunities has to a great extent reduced gender inequality and has resulted in more and more older women seeking help from infertility clinics. Fertility and aging have always been closely linked and the age of the...

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Autores principales: George, Korula, Kamath, Mohan S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234171
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1208.74152
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description The changing social scenario together with economic growth and an increase in job opportunities has to a great extent reduced gender inequality and has resulted in more and more older women seeking help from infertility clinics. Fertility and aging have always been closely linked and the age of the female partner remains the single most important factor in predicting success with treatment. Although tests for the ovarian reserve are an important informative tool and are helpful in selecting treatment options, they are poor predictors of the outcome.
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spelling pubmed-30173262011-01-13 Fertility and age George, Korula Kamath, Mohan S J Hum Reprod Sci Review Article The changing social scenario together with economic growth and an increase in job opportunities has to a great extent reduced gender inequality and has resulted in more and more older women seeking help from infertility clinics. Fertility and aging have always been closely linked and the age of the female partner remains the single most important factor in predicting success with treatment. Although tests for the ovarian reserve are an important informative tool and are helpful in selecting treatment options, they are poor predictors of the outcome. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3017326/ /pubmed/21234171 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1208.74152 Text en © Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017326/
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