Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1853-1856 , May 2009

Influence of sociocultural factors on the ovulatory status of polycystic ovary syndrome

Received 4 January 2008 ,Revised 25 February 2008 ,Accepted 25 February 2008.

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 G.D. has nothing to disclose. P.M. has nothing to disclose. R.A.L. has nothing to disclose. G.R. has nothing to disclose. E.C. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00521-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.161

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1853-1856 , May 2009

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