Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 510-516 , 15 January 2010

Impact of oocyte cryopreservation on embryo development

Received 22 November 2008 ,Revised 16 January 2009 ,Accepted 27 January 2009.

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 M.C.M. has nothing to disclose. M.L. has nothing to disclose. A.P.F. has nothing to disclose. A.C. has nothing to disclose. A.R. has nothing to disclose. L.G. has nothing to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.148

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 510-516 , 15 January 2010

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