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Macromolecules detected in highly increased serum luteinizing hormone

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  1. Endocrine Center, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    K. Ogura-Ochi & F. Otsuka

  2. Laboratory Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    K. Itoshima & F. Otsuka

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    Y. Kamada

  4. Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    F. Otsuka

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Ogura-Ochi, K., Itoshima, K., Kamada, Y. et al. Macromolecules detected in highly increased serum luteinizing hormone. J Endocrinol Invest 43, 865–866 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-020-01191-y

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