Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 8 , Pages 2565-2571 , 15 May 2010

Glial cell line–derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its receptors in human ovaries from fetuses, girls, and women

  • Jacob Farhi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility and IVF Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Asangla Ao, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Benjamin Fisch, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility and IVF Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Xiao Yun Zhang, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Roni Garor, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility and IVF Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Ronit Abir, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility and IVF Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ronit Abir, Ph.D., Infertility and IVF Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva 49100, Israel (FAX: 972-3-9376641).

Received 30 August 2009 ,Revised 23 September 2009 ,Accepted 23 September 2009.

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 J.F. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose. B.F. has nothing to disclose. X.Y.Z. has nothing to disclose. R.G. has nothing to disclose. R.A. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03797-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.047

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 8 , Pages 2565-2571 , 15 May 2010

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