Frozen pre-embryos in Denmark
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Frozen Pre-embryos and the Right to Change One’s Mind
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019234