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In-vitro fertilisation: a future with no limits?

M Ludwig¹, K Diedrich

¹Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany. Ludwig_M@t-online.de

Lancet (London, England)

|February 24, 2001

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