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Serum progesterone levels on day of embryo transfer in frozen embryo transfer cycles—the truth lies in the detail

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  1. The Fertility Clinic, Skive Regional Hospital, Skive, Denmark

    Birgit Alsbjerg & Peter Humaidan

  2. The Department of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Birgit Alsbjerg & Peter Humaidan

  3. Department of Human Reproduction, Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Spain

    Elena Labarta

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Alsbjerg, B., Labarta, E. & Humaidan, P. Serum progesterone levels on day of embryo transfer in frozen embryo transfer cycles—the truth lies in the detail. J Assist Reprod Genet 37, 2045–2046 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-020-01851-1

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