Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 149-155 , June 2010

Fertility preservation for female cancer patients: early clinical experience

Received 3 December 2008 ,Revised 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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 S.C.K. has nothing to disclose. J.X.Z. has nothing to disclose. R.R.K. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00593-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.028

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 149-155 , June 2010

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