Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 775-779 , October 2004

Assisted reproductive techniques in patients with Klinefelter syndrome: A critical review

  • Dominik Denschlag, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dominik Denschlag, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Freiburg School of Medicine, Hugstetter Strasse 55, Freiburg D-79106, Germany (FAX: 49-761-2703037
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  • Clemens Tempfer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Myriam Kunze, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Gerhard Wolff, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human GeneticsUniversity of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Christoph Keck, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Received 24 June 2003 ,Revised 15 September 2003 ,Accepted 15 September 2003.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)01248-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.085

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 775-779 , October 2004

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