Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 360-366 , August 2008

Role of antral follicle count in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination cycles in patients with unexplained subfertility

  • Mehmet Erdem, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mehmet Erdem, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gazi University School of Medicine, 06500 Besevler, Ankara, Turkey (FAX: 0090-312-215-77-36).
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  • Ahmet Erdem, M.D.
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  • Ismail Guler, M.D.
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  • Songul Atmaca, M.D.

Received 27 March 2007 ,Revised 4 June 2007 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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 Mehmet Erdem and Ahmet Erdem have contributed equally to this work and should both be considered as first authors.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01372-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.028

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 360-366 , August 2008

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