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Ovulation Induction and Anovulatory Subfertility

Gonadotrophin ovulation induction is a successful treatment for World Health Organisation Group II anovulatory subfertility in women aged up to 40 and with body mass index up to 34

H. W. Raymond LiCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Marlinde Van EschDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
Joline De VriesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
W. Colin Duncan
&
Richard A. Anderson
Pages 35-40 | Published online: 08 Feb 2010

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