Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1938-1940 , May 2009

Pregnancy after trophectoderm biopsy of frozen–thawed blastocyst

  • Ruth Bunker Lathi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ruth Lathi, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 (FAX: 650-723-7737).
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  • Barry Behr, Ph.D.

Received 29 December 2007 ,Revised 20 February 2008 ,Accepted 20 February 2008.

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 R.B.L. has nothing to declare. B.B. has nothing to declare.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00504-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.132

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1938-1940 , May 2009

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