1998
Effects of ovarian source, patient age, and menstrual cycle phase on in vitro maturation of immature human oocytes
Whitacre K, Seifer D, Friedman C, Coskun S, Kennard E, Kim M, Alak B. Effects of ovarian source, patient age, and menstrual cycle phase on in vitro maturation of immature human oocytes. Fertility And Sterility 1998, 70: 1015-1021. PMID: 9848288, DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00339-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGerminal vesicle breakdownOvarian sourceNuclear maturationPatient ageGynecologic surgeryFollicular phaseLuteal phaseImmature human oocytesFinal meiotic maturationMenstrual cycle phaseYears of agePercentage of oocytesCycle phaseMetaphase II stageIVF programMenstrual cyclePatient criteriaMAIN OUTCOMEVitro maturationPatientsHuman oocytesOocyte maturationMII stageOocyte's abilityVesicle breakdown
1997
P-160 Effects of ovarian source, patient age, and menstrual cycle phase on in vitro maturation (IVM) of immature human oocytes
Alak B, Whitacre K, Coskun S, Kennard E, Kim M, Friedman C, Seifer D. P-160 Effects of ovarian source, patient age, and menstrual cycle phase on in vitro maturation (IVM) of immature human oocytes. Fertility And Sterility 1997, 68: s169-s170. DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)90975-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research