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A reduced size of the ovarian follicle pool is associated with an increased risk of a trisomic pregnancy in IVF-treated women
17 Nov 2009
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BACKGROUND: The increased risk of a trisomic pregnancy with a woman's age arises from an increased rate of meiotic non-disjunction in the oocytes. It has been hypothesized that the increase in meiotic errors is related to the decreasing number of oocytes with age. Our aim was to assess the relation between trisomic pregnancy and three parameters of oocyte quantity. METHODS: In a Dutch nationwide database on in...
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