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Chapter 6 - Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy after Menopause by Ovarian Tissue Transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2020

By
Jacques Donnez  and
Marie-Madeleine Dolmans
Edited by
Nicholas Panay ,
Paula Briggs  and
Gabor T. Kovacs
Nicholas Panay
Affiliation:
Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, London
Paula Briggs
Affiliation:
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Gabor T. Kovacs
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
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Summary

During fetal life, 100–2000 primordial germ cells enter a massive proliferation process and, by mid-gestation, there are several million potential oocytes. However, most (85 per cent) of them are lost prior to birth [38] (Figure 6.1).

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Managing the Menopause , pp. 48 - 58
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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