Risk of neurodegenerative diseases in children conceived by intracytoplasmic sperm injection?

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Volumn 354, Issue 9179, 1999, Pages 611-612

  Vogt, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0033592185     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)80147-0     Document Type: Note

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