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Perspectives

Oocyte cryopreservation as a strategy to overcome age-related fertility loss

Yifan NgUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Soon-Chye NgSincere IVF Center, Novena Specialist Center, 8 Sinaran Drive # 06–08, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 417-424 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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