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Fertility and Sterility

Volume 95, Issue 5, April 2011, Pages 1839-1841
Fertility and Sterility

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Effect of vitrification and thawing on human oocyte ATP concentration

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Vitrification/thawing has a significant negative impact on oocyte ATP concentration. However, incubating oocytes up to 180 minutes after thawing allowed oocytes to regain some ATP level.

Key Words

Human oocytes
ATP
vitrification
thawing

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S.M. has nothing to disclose. Z-B.T. has nothing to disclose. B.S. has nothing to disclose. E.W. has nothing to disclose. J.C. has nothing to disclose. A.D. has nothing to disclose.

Supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, NICHD.

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