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ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY

Single and double embryo transfer provide similar live birth rates in frozen cycles

A. RaccaCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; ;Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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P. DrakopoulosCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; ;Department of Surgical and Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;
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L. Van LanduytCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;
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C. WillemCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;
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S. Santos-RibeiroIVI-RMA Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal;
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H. TournayeCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;
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C. BlockeelCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Zagreb-School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia;
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N. P. PolyzosCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; ;Department of Reproductive Medicine, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; ;Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health University of Aarhus, Incuba/Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
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Pages 824-828 | Received 11 Dec 2019, Accepted 05 Jan 2020, Published online: 03 Mar 2020

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