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A Successful Pregnancy with In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer in an Infertile Woman with Kartagener's Syndrome: A Case Report

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Lin, TK., Kuo-Kuang Lee, R., Su, JT. et al. A Successful Pregnancy with In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer in an Infertile Woman with Kartagener's Syndrome: A Case Report. J Assist Reprod Genet 15, 625–627 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020341629516

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