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Section 3 - Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

Tahir Mahmood
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Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
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University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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