Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1333-1339 , June 2007

Oocyte aneuploidy mechanisms are different in two situations of increased chromosomal risk: older patients and patients with recurrent implantation failure after in vitro fertilization

  • François Vialard, Pharm.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy St-Germain 78, Poissy, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U407, 69 Oullins, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: François Vialard, Pharm.D., CHI Poissy Saint Germain, Department of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, 10 Rue du Champs Gaillard, 78303 Poissy, France (FAX: 33-1-39-27-44-25).
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  • R. Lombroso, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy St-Germain 78, Poissy, France
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  • M. Bergere, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy St-Germain 78, Poissy, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U407, 69 Oullins, France
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  • D. Molina Gomes, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy St-Germain 78, Poissy, France
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  • I. Hammoud, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy St-Germain 78, Poissy, France
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  • M. Bailly, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy St-Germain 78, Poissy, France
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  • J. Selva, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy St-Germain 78, Poissy, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U407, 69 Oullins, France

Received 7 April 2006 ,Revised 11 October 2006 ,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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 This study was sponsored, in part, by Serono, Inc.

PII: S0015-0282(06)04486-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.042

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1333-1339 , June 2007

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