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Split happens: a case of consecutive monozygotic twin pregnancies following elective single-embryo transfer in a 40-year old woman using donor oocytes

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    Alexis-Danielle Roberts, Richard Schmidt & Meera Shah

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Roberts, AD., Schmidt, R. & Shah, M. Split happens: a case of consecutive monozygotic twin pregnancies following elective single-embryo transfer in a 40-year old woman using donor oocytes. J Assist Reprod Genet 35, 1529–1532 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-018-1218-1

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