Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 755-757 , July 2010

Inherited thrombophilia in infertile women: implication in unexplained infertility

Received 26 July 2009 ,Revised 4 October 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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 L.C. has nothing to disclose. F.P. has nothing to disclose. L.P. has nothing to disclose. V.Z. has nothing to disclose. E.E. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03874-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.014

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 755-757 , July 2010

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