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A functioning FSH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma causing an ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome with multiple cysts resected and relapsed after leuprolide in a reproductive-aged woman

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Pages 56-59 | Received 29 Apr 2011, Accepted 04 May 2011, Published online: 20 Jul 2011

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