Egg Quality during the Pubertal Transition—Is Youth All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

Although it is well accepted that egg quality decreases with advanced maternal age, we do not know how it is affected at the earliest ages during the pubertal transition—likely because this young population is not typically reproducing. However, in the setting of fertility preservation, more childho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francesca E. Duncan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
egg
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00226/full