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Chapter 11 - Dummy Embryo Transfer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2019

By
Khaldoun Sharif  and
Gamal I. Serour
Edited by
Gabor Kovacs  and
Lois Salamonsen
Gabor Kovacs
Affiliation:
Monash IVF, Victoria
Lois Salamonsen
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
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How to Prepare the Endometrium to Maximize Implantation Rates and IVF Success , pp. 104 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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