Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 87-100 , February 2010

Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation in cancer patients

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.09.003

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 87-100 , February 2010

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