Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 870-872 , November 2000

The time has come to simplify the evaluation of the hirsute patient

  • Ricardo Azziz, M.D. (M.P.H., M.B.A.)

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ricardo Azziz, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 618 South 20th Street, OHB-549, Birmingham, Alabama 35233-7333 (FAX: 205-975-5732; )

Received 14 March 2000 ,Accepted 14 March 2000.

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 870-872 , November 2000

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