Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 211-214 , July 2004

Pregnancy after cryopreservation of donor oocytes and preimplantation genetic diagnosis of embryos in a patient with ovarian failure

Presented in part at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 11–15, 2003.

  • Kathleen A Miller, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kathleen A. Miller, Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, 111 Madison Avenue, Suite 100, Morristown, New Jersey 07962, USA (FAX: 973-290-8370).
    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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  • Karen Elkind-Hirsch, M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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  • Brynn Levy, M.Sc. (Med)., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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  • Michael D Graubert, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Palmetto Fertility Center of South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA
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  • Sudeep J Ross, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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  • Richard T Scott Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Received 10 September 2003 ,Revised 8 December 2003 ,Accepted 8 December 2003.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)00616-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.12.031

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 211-214 , July 2004

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