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. 1997 Jan;14(1):4–7. doi: 10.1007/BF02765741

Clinical utility of adjuvant growth hormone in the treatment of patients with polycystic ovaries undergoing in vitro fertilization

Paolo Giovanni Artini 1, Antonio Alberto de Micheroux 1, Fabio Taponeco 1, Vito Cela 1, Gerardo D’Ambrogio 1, A R Genazzani 1,✉
PMCID: PMC3454705  PMID: 9013300

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