Hormonal treatment of infertility

Andrology for the Clinician

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 516-520

  Comhaire, F ^a   Mahmoud, A ^a  

^a Ghent University Hospital   (Belgium)

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EID: 63449134372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-33713-X_87     Document Type: Chapter

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