Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 907-912 , September 2009

Comparison of low-dose human menopausal gonadotropin and micronized 17β-estradiol supplementation in in vitro maturation cycles with thin endometrial lining

Received 5 May 2008 ,Revised 8 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 July 2008.

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 S.E.E. has nothing to disclose. W.-Y.S. has nothing to disclose. R.Y. has nothing to disclose. Y.G. has nothing to disclose. D.L. has nothings to disclose. E.D. has nothing to disclose. S.-L-T. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03270-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1750

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 907-912 , September 2009

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