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Human ovary non-growing follicle model

This figure gives illustrative examples of non-growing follicle (NGF) populations predicted by our model. At ages 20 weeks, birth, 13 years, 25 years and 35 years the average NGF population is given, together with the respective 95% prediction intervals. The predicted average age at menopause (49.6 years) is also shown, together with the 95% prediction interval.

The human ovary contains a fixed number of non-growing follicles (NGFs) established before birth that decline with increasing age culminating in the menopause at 50–51 years.

Figure 4. Illustrative examples.

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Reference

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008772

Citation: Wallace WHB, Kelsey TW (2010) Human Ovarian Reserve from Conception to the Menopause. PLoS ONE 5(1): e8772. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008772

Copyright: © 2010 Wallace, Kelsey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.