Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 586-591 , March 2008

Anti-Müllerian hormone substance from follicular fluid is positively associated with success in oocyte fertilization during in vitro fertilization

Received 14 December 2006 ,Revised 27 March 2007 ,Accepted 27 March 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)00819-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.080

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 586-591 , March 2008

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