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PGT-SR: the red-herring and the siren; interchromosomal effect and screening for unrelated aneuploidy

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Scriven, P.N. PGT-SR: the red-herring and the siren; interchromosomal effect and screening for unrelated aneuploidy. J Assist Reprod Genet 38, 1015–1018 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-021-02152-x

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