Follicular fat-soluble vitamins as markers of oocyte competency.

In conclusion, a combination of FF vitamin analysis and routine morphological assessment could allow for a more accurate and sensitive method of determining embryonic developmental competence and enable the selection of a better embryo to transfer and perhaps translating into an increased chance of pregnancy.Abbreviations: in vitro fertilization: IVF; anti-Mullerian hormone: AMH; follicular fluid: FF; intracytoplasmic sperm injection: ICSI; top quality: TQ; vitamin D binding globulin level: VDBP; assisted reproductive technology: ART. PMID: 32057251 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Tags: Syst Biol Reprod Med Source Type: research