Migrating Ovaries: Early Life Influences on Later Gonadal Function
Open Access
- 15 May 2007
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 4 (5) , e190
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040190
Abstract
The authors discuss a new study of Bangladeshi migrants to the UK, which found that adult women who had migrated before the age of 8 years had greater luteal phase progesterone secretion than those who had migrated after that age.Keywords
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