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Section 10 - Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2022

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Dimitrios S. Nikolaou  and
David B. Seifer
Dimitrios S. Nikolaou
Affiliation:
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
David B. Seifer
Affiliation:
Yale Reproductive Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Optimizing the Management of Fertility in Women over 40 , pp. 173 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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