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. 2023 Feb 9:1–4. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11427-023-2291-0

The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human embryo early development: a multicenter prospective cohort study

Xiaolei Chen 1,2,3,4,5,6,#, Huangcong Shi 1,2,3,4,5,6,#, Cheng Li 1,2,3,4,5,6,#, Wanxia Zhong 8,9,#, Linlin Cui 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Wenjun Zhang 1,2,3,4,5,6, Ling Geng 1, Kuona Hu 1, Mei Fang 1, Daimin Wei 1,2,3,4,5,6, Junhao Yan 1,2,3,4,5,6, Yun Sun 8,9,✉, Keliang Wu 1,2,3,4,5,6,✉, Han Zhao 1,2,3,4,5,6,✉, Zi-Jiang Chen 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,✉
PMCID: PMC9933004  PMID: 36795183

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31988101, 82192874, 82130046), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC2700400), CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2021-I2M-5-001), Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program (2020ZLYS02), Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province (ts20190988, tsqn201909194), and Innovative research team of high-level local universities in Shanghai (SHSMU-ZLCX20210200, SHSMU-ZLCX20210201). We thank all participants in this study.

Compliance and ethics This study was approved by the Institutional Review Ethics Board of Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University (IRB 2022/Ethical Review #134). The author(s) declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Contributed equally to this work

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Yun Sun, Email: syun163@163.com.

Keliang Wu, Email: wukeliang_527@163.com.

Han Zhao, Email: hanzh80@sdu.edu.cn.

Zi-Jiang Chen, Email: chenzijiang@hotmail.com.

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