Relationship between follicular fluid and serum levels of vitamin C and oocyte morphology and embryo quality in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization

International Journal of Women's Health and Reproduction Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-46

  Sharami, Seyedeh Hajar ^a   Bahadori, Mohammad Hadi ^b   Fakor, Fereshteh ^a   Mirblouk, Fariba ^a   Kazemi, Sodabeh ^a   Pourmarzi, Davood ^b   Saffari, Safoora ^c   Heirati, Seyedeh Fatemeh Dalil ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Follicular fluid; IVF; Oocyte morphology; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO QUALITY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MALE INFERTILITY; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 85007592816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15296/ijwhr.2017.08     Document Type: Article

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