Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 81-85 , July 2006

Efficiency of changing the embryo transfer time from day 3 to day 2 among women with poor ovarian response: A prospective randomized trial

Received 12 July 2005 ,Accepted 12 December 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)00549-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.029

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 81-85 , July 2006

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