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Growth Factors in Reproduction

1991
This title examines the critical role of growth factors in normal as well as abnormal cellular growth and function. Significant advances in reproductive biology are highlighted by focusing upon growth factors as the polyfunctional regulators of growth and development in the reproductive system.
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Reproductive Factors and Risk of Glioma in Women

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2004
AbstractObjective: Glioma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults, responsible for 75% of adult primary malignant brain tumors, yet aside from its association with ionizing radiation, its etiology is poorly understood. Sex differences in brain tumor incidence suggest that hormonal factors may play a role in the etiology of these ...
Kui, Huang, Elizabeth A, Whelan, Avima M, Ruder, Elizabeth M, Ward, James A, Deddens, Karen E, Davis-King, Tania, Carreón, Martha A, Waters, Mary Ann, Butler, Geoffrey M, Calvert, Paul A, Schulte, Zachary, Zivkovich, Ellen F, Heineman, Jack S, Mandel, Roscoe F, Morton, Douglas J, Reding, Kenneth D, Rosenman   +16 more
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Reproductive Factors and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 2014
Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of women in developed countries, and its incidence is 10 times higher than in developing countries. Endometrial cancer is most common in the sixth and the seventh decades of life; thus, postmenopausal women have a higher risk of developing the disease compared with premenopausal women.
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Gynaecological and Reproductive Risk Factors of Vertebral Osteoporosis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 1996
Menopause plays an important role in skeletal loss among aging female population. The aim of this study was to determine the role of gynaecological and reproductive risk factors in vertebral osteoporosis. Data on gynaecological and reproductive history were collected, (together with data of other risk factors, as a part of a larger study) using an ...
Jajić, Ivo, Grazio, Simeon, Jajić, Zrinka   +2 more
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Reproductive factors and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in women

International Journal of Cancer, 1992
AbstractThe relationship between reproductive factors and the risk of primary liver cancer was analyzed using data of a case‐control study conducted in Northern Italy between 1984 and 1991 on 79 women with histologically or serologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma and 344 controls in hospital for a wide spectrum of acute, non‐neoplastic ...
C. La Vecchia, E. Negri, S. Franceschi, B. D'Avanzo   +3 more
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Growth factors and female reproduction in vertebrates

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Female reproductive efficiency is influenced by the outcomes of various processes, including folliculogenesis, apoptosis, response to gonadotropin signaling, oocyte maturation, and ovulation. The role of hormones in regulating these processes and other reproductive activities has been well established.
Chinelo N. Uju, Suraj Unniappan
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Factors Influencing Reproductive Potential

Fertility and Sterility, 1957
A L, SOUTHAM, C L, BUXTON
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Female reproductive aging—ovarian and uterine factors

Fertility and Sterility, 1993
To review published data on ovarian and uterine aging in the human female.Literature review.Studies examining the effect of age on oocyte quality and uterine receptivity.There is clear evidence in women having in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in normal oocyte donors that oocyte quality declines with age.
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NEUROTIC ILLNESS AS A FACTOR IN REPRODUCTION

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1964
B M, Mandelbrote, M, Monro
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Nutritional Factors in Reproductive Failure

Nature, 1951
B P, WIESNER, J, YUDKIN
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