Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 993-998 , October 2004

Ovarian tissue and oocyte cryopreservation

  • The Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

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Received 14 July 2004 ,Revised 14 July 2004 ,Accepted 14 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.925

Fertility and Sterility
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