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Clinical Assisted Reproduction: Extending the Coincubation Time of Gametes Improves In Vitro Fertilization

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  1. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina, 29605

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Boone, W.R., Johnson, J.E. Clinical Assisted Reproduction: Extending the Coincubation Time of Gametes Improves In Vitro Fertilization. J Assist Reprod Genet 18, 18–20 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026442411577

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