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Professor Rock was an authority in infertility, using progesterone to suppress ovarian function and demonstrating that when ovarian function is suppressed for a time and then ended, a rebound results in ovulation.
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Bettendorf, G. (1995). Rock, John. In: Bettendorf, G. (eds) Zur Geschichte der Endokrinologie und Reproduktionsmedizin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79152-9_185
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