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Review
. 2015 Jun 16;187(9):666-669.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.141605. Epub 2015 Apr 13.

Social egg freezing: risk, benefits and other considerations

Angel Petropanagos  1 , Alana Cattapan  2 , Françoise Baylis  2 , Arthur Leader  2
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Review

Social egg freezing: risk, benefits and other considerations

Angel Petropanagos et al. CMAJ. .
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