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Human Egg Maturity Assessment and Its Clinical Application
Published on: August 19, 2019
[Process of women's reproductive ageing--causes, evaluation and possible clinical usage]
Martin Huser1, I Crha, J Záková
1Gynekologicko-porodnická klinika LF MU a FN, Brno. martin.huser@gmail.com
Abstract:
Women's fertility steeply decreases with increasing age, but the intensity of the decrease is individually significantly variable. The main cause of fertility drop is rapid decrease of ovarian follicle count. Deletion of ovarian follicles happens mainly by the mechanism of cell apoptosis. Nevertheless in the whole process participates also others exogenous and endogenous factors. At present new major steps in the complex ovarian ageing process has been identified and some innovative therapeutic strategies have been suggested to influence this process. At the end this paper evaluates currently available markers of ovarian reserve and its abilities to be used in routine clinical practice.
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