Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 67-81 , February 2007

Outcomes of IVF conceptions: are they different?

  • Jane Halliday, BSc(Hons), PhD (Associate Professor)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2006.08.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 67-81 , February 2007

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