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The acceptance of IVF-ET as a treatment modality for certain types of infertility in the human has triggered a flurry of activity in providing a patient service, in applied research endeavors designed primarily to improve clinical pregnancy rates and in basic research in reproductive endocrinology and physiology. This paper outlines the state of the art in technologic and research frontiers associated with these endeavors.
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Wolf, D.P. (1986). Research Frontiers in Human In Vitro Fertilization. In: Hedrick, J.L. (eds) The Molecular and Cellular Biology of Fertilization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2255-9_23
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