Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 644-646 , February 2009

Premature ovarian failure and dehydroepiandrosterone

  • Leonidas Mamas, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Leonidas Mamas M.D., Ph.D., Neogenesis IVF Centre, 3 Kifisias Ave, 151 23 Marousi, Athens, Greece (FAX: 30-210-6836090).
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  • Eudoxia Mamas, B.Sc.

Received 15 October 2007 ,Revised 18 November 2007 ,Accepted 19 November 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)04120-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.055

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 644-646 , February 2009

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