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Oocyte Retrieval and Quality Evaluation

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After more than 30 years of harvesting oocytes for in vitro fertilization, collection techniques are well established. Presented here are dependable methods for maintaining environmental stability during such procedures and general descriptions of the materials collected.

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  1. Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Lucinda Veeck Gosden D.Sc. (Hon)

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  1. The Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Zev Rosenwaks

  2. Dept. Developmental & Regenerative Biology, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA

    Paul M. Wassarman

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Gosden, L.V. (2014). Oocyte Retrieval and Quality Evaluation. In: Rosenwaks, Z., Wassarman, P. (eds) Human Fertility. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1154. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0659-8_16

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