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Genetic predictors of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

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Supported by the Interuniversity Attraction Poles of the Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs, and grants from the Fonds pour la Recherche Scientifique Médicale, the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique and Fondation Erasme.

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  1. Fertility Clinic, Erasme Hospital, and Assistant Researcher in the Laboratory of Research on Human Reproduction, Free University Brussels,

    Anne Delbaere, Gilbert Vassart & Sabine Costagliola

  2. Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Free University Brussels,

    Anne Delbaere, Gilbert Vassart & Sabine Costagliola

  3. Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Brussels, Belgium

    Anne Delbaere, Gilbert Vassart & Sabine Costagliola

  4. a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK

    Guillaume Smits

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Delbaere, A., Smits, G., Vassart, G. et al. Genetic predictors of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women undergoing in vitro fertilization. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2, 590–591 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0319

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