National experience with elective single-embryo transfer: Finland

Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Quality and Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 106-112

  Vilska, S ^a   Tiitinen, A ^b  

^a Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

^b NONE

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