Effective treatment of subfertility: Introducing the Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1678-1683

  Farquhar, C M ^a,e   Prentice, A ^a   Barlow, D H ^b   Evers, J L H ^c   Vandekerckhove, P ^d   Vail, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Molecular Epidemiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOTE; OBSTETRICS; REGISTER; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0032772143     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.7.1678     Document Type: Note

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