Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1579-1580 , December 2005

Subfertility, fecundability, and the impact of laparoscopy on conception rates

  • Alan S. Penzias, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alan S. Penzias, M.D., Boston IVF, 40 Second Avenue, Suite 300, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451.

Received 27 March 2005 ,Revised 31 March 2005 ,Accepted 31 March 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)03336-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.088

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1579-1580 , December 2005

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