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3 - Polycystic ovary syndrome: managing the basics

from Section 1 - Managing the basics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2015

Leo Plouffe, Jr
Affiliation:
Bayer Healthcare, Wayne, New Jersey
Botros R. M. B. Rizk
Affiliation:
University of South Alabama
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