Embryo developmental capability and pregnancy outcome are related to the mitochondrial DNA copy number and ooplasmic volume

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1367-1375

  Murakoshi, Yukitaka ^a,b   Sueoka, Kou ^a   Takahashi, Kaori ^a   Sato, Suguru ^a   Sakurai, Tomoyoshi ^a   Tajima, Hiroto ^a   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Blastomere volume; Mitochondrial DNA; Ooplasmic volume

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CELL VOLUME; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOPLASMIC VOLUME; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGING; BLASTOMERES; CYTOPLASM; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84887987827     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0062-6     Document Type: Article

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