Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 143-148 , July 2009

Neonatal outcome after vitrified day 3 embryo transfers: a preliminary study

Received 16 January 2008 ,Revised 17 April 2008 ,Accepted 2 May 2008.

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 G.A.R.R. has nothing to disclose. G.J.P. has nothing to disclose. K.M.K. has nothing to disclose. K.M. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01132-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.014

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 143-148 , July 2009

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