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Pregnancy

A case of a naturally conceived pregnancy associated with multiple ovarian cysts in a patient with severe untreated primary hypothyroidism

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Pages 686-687 | Received 15 Jul 2011, Accepted 15 Dec 2011, Published online: 06 Feb 2012

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