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This work was supported by the Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2020-PT320-003, 2021-PT320-001) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81830043).
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Liang, Z., Duan, J., Zhang, D. et al. Assessing the morphology and ovarian reserve of the ovaries from Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome patients. Sci. China Life Sci. 66, 1204–1207 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2211-0
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