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’-omics’ technology and human reproduction: reproductomics

José Bellver Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI), University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. [email protected]; Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI), University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. [email protected]; Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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María Mundi IVI-Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; I+CS, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain; IVI-Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; I+CS, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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Francisco J Esteban Department of Experimental Biology, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain; Department of Experimental Biology, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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Sandra Mosquera I+CS, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain; I+CS, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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José A Horcajadas Araid at I+CS, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain; University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain; Araid at I+CS, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain; University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
Pages 493-506 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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