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The impact of pronuclear orientation to select chromosomally normal embryos

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Purpose: To find an effective method to select embryos from ICSI with better chromosomal status when preimplantation-genetic-diagnosis (PGD) is not applied.

Methods: Several morpholological evaluations were done in same embryos. Embryos from ICSI were classified on day 1 according to pronuclear-nucleoli arrangement. On day 3, classification was done according to number, fragmentation, size and shape of cells. In some patients, embryos exhibiting good quality on day 3 (at least six regular blastomeres with cell fragmentation lower than 20%) were also submitted to PGD, irrespective to pronuclear-nucleoli morphology.

Results: Forty-two per cent of normally fertilized embryos showed pronuclear-nucleoli-good-morphology; from those, 86% were also classified as good quality on day 3. Good-quality embryos submitted to PGD have shown lower chromosomal abnormality rates when also classified as pronuclear-nucleoli-good-morphology.

Conclusions: Pronuclear-nucleoli morphology seems to be correlated with PGD results. This criterion may prove useful for pre-select embryos with normal chromosomal package when PGD is not applied.

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    Edson Borges Jr., Lia Mara Rossi, Leila M. S. Farah, Patricia Guilherme, Claudia C. Rocha, Valdemar Ortiz & Assumpto Iaconelli Jr.

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    Lia Mara Rossi

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    Leila M. S. Farah

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  5. Fertility - Centro de Fertilização Assistida, Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, 4.251, São Paulo/SP, 01402-002, Brazil

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Borges, E., Rossi, L.M., Farah, L.M.S. et al. The impact of pronuclear orientation to select chromosomally normal embryos. J Assist Reprod Genet 22, 107–114 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-005-4874-x

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