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Successful pregnancy after recryopreservation by vitrification of one blastocyst developed from a frozen embryo obtained by PESA: case report

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  1. Nilo Frantz Research and Human Reproduction Center, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, CEP:90.480-003

    Marcelo Ferreira, Marcos Höher, Gerta Frantz, Norma Pagnoncelli Oliveira & Nilo Frantz

  2. Department of Morphological Sciences, ICBS, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, CEP: 90.050-170

    Adriana Bos-Mikich

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Bos-Mikich, A., Ferreira, M., Höher, M. et al. Successful pregnancy after recryopreservation by vitrification of one blastocyst developed from a frozen embryo obtained by PESA: case report. J Assist Reprod Genet 28, 707–709 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-011-9586-9

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