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Oocyte cryopreservation among transmasculine youth: a case series

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  1. Division of Adolescent Medicine & Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, 225 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Diane Chen

  2. Departments of Pediatrics & Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Diane Chen

  3. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 259 E Erie St, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Lia A. Bernardi, Mary Ellen Pavone & Eve C. Feinberg

  4. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, L4001 Women’s Hospital, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Molly B. Moravek

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Chen, D., Bernardi, L.A., Pavone, M.E. et al. Oocyte cryopreservation among transmasculine youth: a case series. J Assist Reprod Genet 35, 2057–2061 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-018-1292-4

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