Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1606-1612 , December 2005

Removal of lysed blastomeres from frozen–thawed embryos improves implantation and pregnancy rates in frozen embryo transfer cycles

Received 12 March 2005 ,Revised 10 June 2005 ,Accepted 10 June 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)02943-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.06.027

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1606-1612 , December 2005

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