Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 334-337 , August 2004

Impact of retained embryos on the outcome of assisted reproductive technologies

  • Hye-Chun Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    • ,
  • David B Seifer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    • ,
  • Robert M Shelden, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert M. Shelden, UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 303 George Street, Suite 250, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA (FAX: 732-235-7318).

Received 15 August 2003 ,Revised 12 January 2004 ,Accepted 12 January 2004.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)00857-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.035

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 334-337 , August 2004

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