Animal age, weight and estrus cycle stage impact the quality of in vitro grown follicles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2473-2485

  Hirshfeld Cytron, J E ^a,b   Duncan, F E ^a,b   Xu, M ^a,b   Jozefik, J K ^a,b   Shea, L D ^c   Woodruff, T K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

age; Follicle culture; obesity; oocyte

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HORMONE METABOLISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80051945099     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der183     Document Type: Article

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