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A successful treatment with 5 methyltetrahydrofolate of a 677 TT MTHFR woman suffering premature ovarian insufficiency post a NHL (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) and RPL (repeat pregnancy losses)

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  1. Servy Institute of Reproductive Endocrinology, 812 Chafee Avenue, Augusta, GA, 30904, USA

    Luz E. Goyco Ortiz, Edouard J. Servy & Yves J. R. Menezo

  2. Laboratoire Clement, Avenue d ‘Eylau, Paris, France

    Yves J. R. Menezo

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Goyco Ortiz, L.E., Servy, E.J. & Menezo, Y.J.R. A successful treatment with 5 methyltetrahydrofolate of a 677 TT MTHFR woman suffering premature ovarian insufficiency post a NHL (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) and RPL (repeat pregnancy losses). J Assist Reprod Genet 36, 65–67 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-018-1332-0

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