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Chapter 7 - Embryo quality (classification and selection)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2016

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Alberto Tejera ,
Natalia Basile ,
Mauro Caiazzo  and
Marcos Meseguer
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Time-Lapse Microscopy in In-Vitro Fertilization , pp. 104 - 127
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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