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  • 1Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU de Nantes, 38, boulevard Jean-Monnet, 44093 Nantes cedex, France. helene.leborgne@chu-nantes.fr

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