Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1050-1055 , April 2009

Selection of patients for natural cycle in vitro fertilization combined with in vitro maturation of immature oocytes

  • Jin-Ho Lim, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Maria Fertility Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Seong-Ho Yang, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Maria Fertility Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Ye Xu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center of Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, The General Hospital of Beijing Army, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • San-Hyun Yoon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Maria Fertility Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Ri-Cheng Chian, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ri-Cheng Chian, Ph.D., Women's Pavilion F3-46, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1 (FAX: 514-843-1662).

Received 26 November 2007 ,Revised 8 January 2008 ,Accepted 17 January 2008.

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 J.-H.L. has nothing to disclose. S.-H.Y. has nothing to disclose. Y.X. has nothing to disclose. S-H.Y. has nothing to disclose. R.-C.C. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00160-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.066

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1050-1055 , April 2009

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