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Assisted Reproductive Technologies of the 1980s and 1990s: The State of the Art and a Look at the Future

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The present paper is concerned with the problem of infertility in the United States and presents an overview of the new technologies available to help infertile couples who have successfully tried conventional treatments.

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Asch, R.H. (1994). Assisted Reproductive Technologies of the 1980s and 1990s: The State of the Art and a Look at the Future. In: Beller, F.K., Weir, R.F. (eds) The Beginning of Human Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8257-5_6

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