The empty follicle syndrome is dead!

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 746-

  van Heusden, Arne M ^a   van Santbrink, Evert J ^a   Schipper, Izaäk ^a   de Jong, Diederick ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPTY FOLLICLE SYNDROME; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INCIDENCE; LETTER; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 40249118219     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.048     Document Type: Letter

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