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The effect of oocyte quality on development.
1 Jan 2004
Abstract excerpt
Oocyte quality affects early embryonic survival, the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, fetal development, and even adult disease. Quality, or developmental competence, is acquired during folliculogenesis as the oocyte grows, and during the period of oocyte maturation. Assisted reproductive technologies involving ovarian hyperstimulation, or collection of immature oocytes followed by maturation in vitro,...
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