Sentences with phrase «ovarian follicles leads»

After menopause, the depletion of ovarian follicles leads to a permanent reduction in a woman's levels of estradiol (the predominant estrogen before menopause), estrone (the predominant estrogen after) and progesterone, another hormone involved in the menstrual cycle.

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«Methods for culturing immature follicles (eggs) are already rewarding effort in terms of a better understanding of ovarian biology,» concludes Roger Gosden, an embryologist at the University of Edinburgh and Britain's leading researcher in this field.
Between them lies the common approach of IUI, with prior ovarian stimulation to increase the number of leading follicles and thereby the chance of pregnancy.
The ovarian follicle begins to regress, leading to a gradual decrease in estrogen and progesterone levels.
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