Live birth rates after transfer of equal number of blastocysts or cleavage-stage embryos in IVF. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Human Reproduction

• Publication date

  2007-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/J.FERTNSTERT.2007.07.1064PMID 17965420
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