Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 446-451 , August 2007

Obesity and poor reproductive outcome: the potential role of the endometrium

Received 25 June 2006 ,Revised 27 November 2006 ,Accepted 27 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.162

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 446-451 , August 2007

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