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Human Fertility
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Original Articles

Ethnic variation in the live birth rate and perinatal outcomes following frozen embryo transfer: an analysis of the HFEA database from 2000 to 2016

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Pages 583-592 | Received 29 Jun 2020, Accepted 11 Nov 2020, Published online: 26 Apr 2021

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