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Table 3 Histological analysis

From: Pretreatment with melatonin improves ovarian tissue cryopreservation for transplantation

 

Control

Melatonin

p-value

Immature Follicles

7.20 ± 3.23

6.00 ± 2.55

0.66

Mature Follicles *

3.01 ± 0.91

8.75 ± 2.02

0.04

Corpora Lutea

7.86 ± 1.71

5.22 ± 1.05

0.34

Collagen type I*

5.75 ± 0.52

8.52 ± 1.04

0.03

Collagen type III*

3.53 ± 0.28

1.49 ± 0.15

< 0.001

Collagen type I and III ratio

1.62

5.71

 

Blood vessels

20.13 ± 3.66

18.63 ± 3.65

0.99

  1. Ovarian follicle density, collagen, and blood vessels (mean ± standard deviation) comparing the use of melatonin added to the cryopreservation medium or not, in rat ovarian slide, autologous cryopreserved grafts after the 30th day of transplantation (n = 10 in each group); *p < 0.05 t-test.