Systematic review and meta-analysis on patented and non-patented vitrification processes to ovarian tissue reported between 2000 and 2021
Éverton Pimentel Ferreira Lopes; Gildas Mbemya Tetaping; Marco Aurélio Schiavo Novaes; Regiane Rodrigues dos Santos; Ana Paula Ribeiro Rodrigues
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Submitted date:
05/12/2023
Accepted date:
09/17/2023
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