Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 584-589 , September 2005

Nuclear status of four-cell preembryos predicts implantation potential in in vitro fertilization treatment cycles

  • Pia Saldeen, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pia Saldeen, M.D., Ph.D., IVF Clinic CURA, Box 200 37, S-200 74 Malmö, Sweden (FAX: 4640987055).
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  • Per Sundström, M.D., Ph.D.

Received 22 December 2004 ,Revised 29 March 2005 ,Accepted 29 March 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)01095-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.059

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 584-589 , September 2005

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