Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 116-122 , July 2003

A new model for ovarian follicular development during the human menstrual cycle

Portions of these data were presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2000 and the 11th World Congress on Human Reproduction, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 4, 2002.

  • Angela R Baerwald, B.Sc. Hon.

      Affiliations

    • Women’s Health Imaging Research Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Roger A. Pierson, M.S., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Room 4519, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8 (FAX: 306-966-2212).
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  • Gregg P Adams, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • ,
  • Roger A Pierson, M.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Women’s Health Imaging Research Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Received 9 September 2002 ,Revised 18 December 2002 ,Accepted 18 December 2002.

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☆ Funding for this work was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

PII: S0015-0282(03)00544-2

doi: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00544-2

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 116-122 , July 2003

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