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Usefulness of Finasteride to induce ovulation in a non responder hyperandrogenic woman: birth of a healthy male infant

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  1. Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, University of Bari, Policlinico, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 70124, Bari, Italy

    Massimo Tartagni, Gianluca Raffaello Damiani, Mario Valerio Tartagni & Giuseppe Loverro

  2. Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Sant’Anna Como Hospital, Como, Italy

    Gianluca Raffaello Damiani, Enrico Orsenigo & Roberto Tagliabue

  3. Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy

    Gianluca Raffaello Damiani & Antonio Pellegrino

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Tartagni, M., Damiani, G.R., Tartagni, M.V. et al. Usefulness of Finasteride to induce ovulation in a non responder hyperandrogenic woman: birth of a healthy male infant. Arch Gynecol Obstet 287, 175–176 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-012-2504-2

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