title: Recovery of a preovulatory binucleate oocyte in a patient following induction of ovulation for in vitro fertilization.
abstract: A preovulatory oocyte with two germinal vesicles was recovered. This oocyte underwent germinal vesicle breakdown but did not form a polar body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleetham
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Long-Simpson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D005498:Follicular Phase; D006801:Humans; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D011247:Pregnancy