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Office-Based Infertility Practice

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  1. Bryan D. Cowan
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 303 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA

    David B. Seifer M.D. (Director, Professor and Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs) (Director, Professor and Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs)

  2. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 303 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA

    David B. Seifer M.D. (Director, Professor and Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs) (Director, Professor and Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs)

  3. Reproductive Endocrinologist, The Reproductive Center, Youngstown, OH, 44514, USA

    Robert L. Collins M.D. (Medical Director, Associate Professor) (Medical Director, Associate Professor)

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, 44272, USA

    Robert L. Collins M.D. (Medical Director, Associate Professor) (Medical Director, Associate Professor)

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Cowan, B.D. (2002). Evaluation of the Female for Infertility. In: Seifer, D.B., Collins, R.L. (eds) Office-Based Infertility Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21716-9_1

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