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Florent Fuchs1, Marie Bruyere, Marie-Victoire Senat

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France ; Inserm, Centre for research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Unit 1018, Reproduction and child development, Villejuif, France ; Paris-Sud University, Unit 1018, Villejuif, France.

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