Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 811-816 , October 2007

Oocyte dysmorphism is not associated with aneuploidy in the developing embryo

Received 21 July 2006 ,Revised 5 December 2006 ,Accepted 5 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.031

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 811-816 , October 2007

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