Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 946-951 , August 2010

Duration of progesterone-in-oil support after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: a randomized, controlled trial

Received 4 February 2009 ,Revised 22 April 2009 ,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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 C.S.G. has nothing to disclose. T.C.N. has nothing to disclose. M.A.D. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)01072-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.003

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 946-951 , August 2010

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