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Chapter 12 - What Is the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine during IVF?

A Review of the Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2018

By
Trevor Wing  and
Andrew Flower
Edited by
Ying Cheong ,
Togas Tulandi  and
Tin-Chiu Li
Ying Cheong
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Togas Tulandi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Tin-Chiu Li
Affiliation:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Practical Problems in Assisted Conception , pp. 46 - 50
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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