Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 109-115 , 1 January 2010

Does storage time influence postthaw survival and pregnancy outcome? An analysis of 11,768 cryopreserved human embryos

Received 21 August 2008 ,Revised 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 30 September 2008.

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 R.R. has nothing to disclose. J.M. has nothing to disclose. D.D.-L. has nothing to disclose. T.C. has nothing to disclose. E.J. has nothing to disclose. S.O. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04122-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.084

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 109-115 , 1 January 2010

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