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In-vitro maturation of human germinal vesicle stage oocytes: role of cumulus cells and epidermal growth factor in the culture medium
1 Jun 1998
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In-vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes is a promising technique to reduce the costs and avert the side-effects of gonadotrophin stimulation for in-vitro fertilization (IVF). The pregnancy rates from oocytes matured in vitro are much lower than those of in-vivo stimulation cycles indicating that optimization of IVM remains a challenge. Therefore, we investigated the effect of supplementation of the medium with...
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