Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 6 , Pages 1691-1693 , December 2004

Singleton pregnancies are as affected by ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome as twin pregnancies

Received 18 December 2003 ,Revised 26 July 2004 ,Accepted 26 July 2004.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)02408-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.945

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 6 , Pages 1691-1693 , December 2004

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