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Research Article

Treatment of chronic anovulation resistant to clomiphene citrate (CC) by using gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) ovarian suppression followed by recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (r-hFSH) treatment (Suprecur, Puregon)

Pages 187-191 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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