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7 - Selection of a Single Embryo for Transfer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

By
Jana Liebenthron  and
Markus Montag
Edited by
Botros Rizk  and
Jan Gerris
Botros Rizk
Affiliation:
University of South Alabama
Jan Gerris
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Complications and Outcomes of Assisted Reproduction , pp. 66 - 77
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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