Premature ovarian failure: morphological and ultrastructural aspects

The authors documented by means of light and transmission electron microscopy that the ovaries of women with premature ovarian failure (POF) displayed dense connective tissue and rare corpora albicantia. Eight of the ten studied cases did not present ovarian follicles; in two cases, it was verified...

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Main Authors: Mauro Abi Haidar, Edmund Chada Baracat, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Gustavo Rubino de Azevedo Focchi, Joaquim Evêncio Neto, Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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