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Safa M. Mahdi Eman A. Shakir Enas T. Mousa

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Successful in vitro fertilization outcome requires succession of its primitive elements including good quality and number of both ova and transferred embryo. Therefore, this process is controlled by number of factors that affect these elements, one of the most important factor is the presence of the anti-oxidant substances. Vitamin E is a good anti-oxidant factor that has received a greater attention in recent studies due to its ability to improve reproductive health through its antioxidant action against the reproductive disorders as it serves as a peroxyl radical scavenger that protects polyunsaturated fatty acids (PAFA) in membranes and lipoproteins. The aim of this study is to show the effect of vitamin E level in follicular fluid on the number of oocyte and embryo transferred in patients undergoing IVF/ICSI techniques. In this study follicular fluid vitamin E level were measured at oocyte retrieval day by using Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay (ELISA) test and the number of oocyte were taken, after ICSI process the number of embryo transferred were taken for each women. It was shown that there was a strong positive correlation between follicular fluid VitE level and the number of oocytes (P< 0.008). In contrast no correlation was recorded between its level and the number of embryos.

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Keywords

vitamin E; antioxidant; oocyte number; embryo transferred; ICSI techniques.

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