«Only
MII oocytes can be used for IVF,» he explained.
Not exact matches
Values are the means of different stages of
oocytes including GV (N = 10), MI (N = 8),
MII (N = 9), IVM -
MII (N = 10) and cumulus cells (N = 5).
Four different stages of
oocytes, striped of their zona pellucida (ZP), were assayed: 1) GV (germinal vesicle), 2) MI (metaphase I), 3)
MII (spontaneously matured metaphase II before IVM) and 4) IVM -
MII (in vitro matured metaphase II).
Following statistical analysis it was found that women with higher intakes of total fat had fewer metaphase II (
MII)
oocytes retrieved than women in the lowest tertile.