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Early Pregnancy Factor: An Unresolved Molecule

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Gendie E. Lash & Michael Legge

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Lash, G.E., Legge, M. Early Pregnancy Factor: An Unresolved Molecule. J Assist Reprod Genet 14, 495–496 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021115007575

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