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A NEW TOOL TO QUANTIFY FOLLICULAR SURVIVAL
NUMBER OF NEUTRAL RED STAINED FOLLICLES
PTiOecTeAL no.
NUNMRBER OTFotFaOl nLoL.ICLSEuSrvINival stained of Rate
THE SAME PIECE
follicles follicles (%)
Encapsulation in 4% Agar
Histological processing (Bouin’s fixative)
1
2
21
14
13
28
18
75.0
77.8
500 μm
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3
4
5
6
100 μm
7
10
15
26
24
20
12
18
29
30
65.0
83.3
83.3
89.7
80.0
FOLLICULAR SURVIVAL RATE
IN OVARIAN TISSUE FROM 17 PATIENTS
100
80
60
40
20
0
Average follicular survival rate:
83.9% ± 4.7
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
34
Patient
(Kristensen et al., unpublished)
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Follicular survival (%)
