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Chapter 31 - Menopausal syndrome

from Section V - Reproductive endocrinology and infertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

By
Julia V. Johnson
Edited by
Martin Olsen  and
Botros Rizk
Martin Olsen
Affiliation:
East Tennessee State University
Botros Rizk
Affiliation:
University of South Alabama
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Office Care of Women , pp. 341 - 348
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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