Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 6 , Pages 2611-2615 , June 2009

Declining ovarian reserve adversely influences granulosa cell viability

  • Keri Greenseid, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Keri Greenseid, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Mazer 316, Bronx, NY 10461 (FAX: 718-430-8586).
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  • Sangita Jindal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Athena Zapantis, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Michael Nihsen, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Joshua Hurwitz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut, Norwalk, Connecticut
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  • Lubna Pal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

Received 9 March 2007 ,Revised 20 March 2008 ,Accepted 24 March 2008.

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 K.G. has nothing to disclose. S.J. has nothing to disclose. A.Z. has nothing to disclose. M.N. has nothing to disclose. J.H. has nothing to disclose. L.P. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by a research grant from Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Parsipanny, New Jersey, and National Institutes of Health grant no. 5K12RR17672.

 Presented at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine 63rd annual meeting, Washington, DC, October 13–17, 2007.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00739-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.065

Fertility and Sterility
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