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Arrest of human oocytes during meiosis I in two sisters of consanguineous parents: first evidence for an autosomal recessive trait in human infertility: Case report
26 Sept 2002
Abstract excerpt
Two sisters descended from consanguineous parents underwent unsuccessful IVF treatments. Their oocytes showed neither a first or second polar body, nor pronuclei. After cytogenetic preparation, all oocytes were characterized by condensed maternal metaphase I chromosomes and premature chromosome condensation of the sperm nucleus. Both women exhibited a normal female karyotype (46,XX). The pedigree of the family...
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