Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 156-162 , January 2010

Modified natural cycle IVF and mild IVF: a 10 year Swedish experience

Received 11 March 2009 ,Revised 30 March 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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 Dr Aanesen completed his studies in medicine in 1990 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway. After his internship, he started his residency at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Karolinska Hospital, Sweden, Stockholm in 1992, and became a specialist in 1997. He has had a research interest in sperm physiology and andrology and received his PhD 1998. Since 2001, Dr Aanesen has been working at the IVF Unit, Queen Sophia Hospital. His present research focuses on intracellular signalling and mild IVF.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.017

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