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Improving the quality of mouse embryos by coculturing with epithelial cells from the human genital tract: Comparing the coculture effect of ampullary and endometrial cells

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  1. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical College, 92, Section 2, Chung-San North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Robert Kuo-Kuang Lee, Ming-Huei Lin & Yuh-Ming Hwu

  2. IVF and Andrology Laboratory, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Pin-Chi Tang & Hsia-Huey Chao

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Kuo-Kuang Lee, R., Lin, MH., Hwu, YM. et al. Improving the quality of mouse embryos by coculturing with epithelial cells from the human genital tract: Comparing the coculture effect of ampullary and endometrial cells. J Assist Reprod Genet 10, 534–536 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01204366

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