Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 143-146 , October 2008

Oocyte Cryopreservation

  • E. Albani

      Affiliations

    • UO di Medicina della Riproduzione, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 0282244517; fax: +39 0282244699.
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  • J. Barbieri

      Affiliations

    • UO di Medicina della Riproduzione, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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  • P.V. Novara

      Affiliations

    • UO di Medicina della Riproduzione, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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  • A. Smeraldi

      Affiliations

    • UO di Medicina della Riproduzione, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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  • G. Scaravelli

      Affiliations

    • Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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  • P.E. Levi Setti

      Affiliations

    • UO di Medicina della Riproduzione, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy

,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(08)00239-7

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.08.002

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Volume 29 , Pages 143-146 , October 2008

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