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Improvements in assessment of human failed fertilization oocytes using the supravital dye hoechst 33342

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  1. Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

    R. D. Powers

  2. Boston IVF, Brookline, Massachusetts

    E. Neuber, J. Witmyer, S. P. Oskowitz & R. D. Powers

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Neuber, E., Witmyer, J., Oskowitz, S.P. et al. Improvements in assessment of human failed fertilization oocytes using the supravital dye hoechst 33342. J Assist Reprod Genet 11, 428–432 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02211731

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