Improvement of Pregnancy Rate by the Selection of Early Cleavage Embryos to 2-cell Stage in Human IVF
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Park, Sea Hee
(Center for Reproductive Medicine, Good Moonhwa Hospital)
Joo, Bo Sun (Center for Reproductive Medicine, Good Moonhwa Hospital) Lee, Su Kyung (Center for Reproductive Medicine, Good Moonhwa Hospital) Kim, Kyung Sue (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Good Moonhwa Hospital) Moon, Hwa Sook (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Good Moonhwa Hospital) |
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