Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 133-139 , January 2009

Electrical activation of oocytes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a controlled randomized study

Received 24 March 2007 ,Revised 7 August 2007 ,Accepted 7 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.017

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 133-139 , January 2009

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