Assisted hatching

Giornale Italiano di Ostetricia e Ginecologia

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 517-520

  Primi, M P ^a   Senn, A ^a   Rink, K ^b   Descloux, L ^c   Delacretaz G ^c   Germond, M ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Ceramics Laboratory Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0007462667     PISSN: 03919013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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