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Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Considerations for Use in Elective Human Embryo Sex Selection

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  1. Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York

    E. Scott Sills, Dan Goldschlag, Delphine P. Levy, Owen K. Davis & Zev Rosenwaks

  2. Atlanta Reproductive Health Centre, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312

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Sills, E.S., Goldschlag, D., Levy, D.P. et al. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Considerations for Use in Elective Human Embryo Sex Selection. J Assist Reprod Genet 16, 509–511 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020588902509

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