Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 145-148 , July 2006

A combination treatment of prednisone, aspirin, folate, and progesterone in women with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage: a matched-pair study

Received 9 June 2005 ,Revised 10 December 2005 ,Accepted 10 December 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)00555-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.035

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 145-148 , July 2006

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