Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 2006.e17-2006.e19 , November 2008

Maternal virilization due to luteoma associated with delayed lactation

  • Stephanie K. Dahl, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stephanie K. Dahl, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of North Dakota School of Medicine, 1919 N. Elm Street, Fargo, ND 58102 (FAX: 701-234-2783).
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  • Michael A. Thomas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Daniel B. Williams, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Jared C. Robins, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Received 14 November 2007 ,Revised 11 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2008.

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PII: S0015-0282(08)00150-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.055

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 2006.e17-2006.e19 , November 2008

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