Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1444-1449 , June 2007

Lysed cell removal promotes frozen–thawed embryo development

Received 19 December 2005 ,Revised 7 November 2006 ,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)04490-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.064

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1444-1449 , June 2007

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