Cryo-augmentation after single embryo transfer: The European experience

Single Embryo Transfer

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 121-127

  Tiitinen, Aila ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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EID: 84857224367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545160.011     Document Type: Chapter

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