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The Austrian Act on Procreative Medicine: Scope, impacts, and inconsistencies

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    Erwin Bernat & Erich Vranes

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Bernat, E., Vranes, E. The Austrian Act on Procreative Medicine: Scope, impacts, and inconsistencies. J Assist Reprod Genet 10, 449–452 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212929

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