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Growth hormone cotreatment with gonadotropins in ovulation induction

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Artini, P.G., de Micheroux, A.A. & D’Ambrogio, G. Growth hormone cotreatment with gonadotropins in ovulation induction. J Endocrinol Invest 19, 763–779 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03347881

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