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Geraldine Canny1, Ofer Levy

  • 1Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Medical Genetics, Central University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Geraldine.Canny@chuv.ch

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