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Repeated ovarian stimulations induce oxidative damage and mitochondrial DNA mutations in mouse ovaries.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2005
Chao Hsiang-Tai, Lee Shu-Yu, Lee Horng-Mo, Liao Tien-Ling, Wei Yau-Huei, Kao Shu-Huei
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Superovulation by injection of exogenous gonadotropin is the elementary method to produce in vivo-derived embryos for embryo transfer in women. Increased oocyte aneuploidy, embryo mortality, fetal growth retardation, and congenital abnormalities have been studied at higher-dose stimulations. Ovarian and oocyte biological aging possibly may have adverse implications for human oocyte competence with repeated...
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