Cryopreservation of human oocytes: An overview

Fertility Cryopreservation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 114-119

  Chian, Ri Cheng ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84862335574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730207.015     Document Type: Chapter

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