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Kovacs, G.T., Trounson, A., Dawson, K. (2006). Donor Insemination, Egg and Embryo Donation. In: Schill, WB., Comhaire, F., Hargreave, T.B. (eds) Andrology for the Clinician. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33713-X_101

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