Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 925-932 , October 2007

Detection of antizona pellucida antibodies in the sera from premature ovarian failure patients by a highly specific test

Received 21 July 2006 ,Revised 22 December 2006 ,Accepted 22 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.029

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