Endometrial Receptivities after Leuprolide Suppression and Gonadotropin Stimulation: Histology, Steroid Receptor Concentrations, and Implantation Rates
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JAMES P. TONER
Aretaion Hospital Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Athens 76 V. Sofias Avenue Athens, Greece 11528
Address for correspondence: James P. Toner, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hofheimer Hall-6th floor, 825 Fairfax Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507, (804) 446-8948/FAX (804)446–8998.Search for more papers by this authorDIMITRIOS K. HASSIAKOS
Department of Pathology Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Virginia 23507
Search for more papers by this authorSUHEIL J. MUASHER
Aretaion Hospital Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Athens 76 V. Sofias Avenue Athens, Greece 11528
Search for more papers by this authorJENG G. HSIU
The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Norfolk, Virginia 23507
Search for more papers by this authorHOWARD W. JONES JR.
Aretaion Hospital Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Athens 76 V. Sofias Avenue Athens, Greece 11528
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
JAMES P. TONER
Aretaion Hospital Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Athens 76 V. Sofias Avenue Athens, Greece 11528
Address for correspondence: James P. Toner, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hofheimer Hall-6th floor, 825 Fairfax Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507, (804) 446-8948/FAX (804)446–8998.Search for more papers by this authorDIMITRIOS K. HASSIAKOS
Department of Pathology Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Virginia 23507
Search for more papers by this authorSUHEIL J. MUASHER
Aretaion Hospital Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Athens 76 V. Sofias Avenue Athens, Greece 11528
Search for more papers by this authorJENG G. HSIU
The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Norfolk, Virginia 23507
Search for more papers by this authorHOWARD W. JONES JR.
Aretaion Hospital Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Athens 76 V. Sofias Avenue Athens, Greece 11528
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