FERTILITY AND STERILITY Copyright e 1989 The American Fertility Society
Vol. 51, No.1, January 1989 Printed in U.S.A.
Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers I wish to express my deep appreciation to the members of the Editorial Board for the many long hours they have spent reviewing manuscripts. In addition, warm thanks are extended to all those who so graciously served as ad hoc reviewers, some on numerous occasions, during 1988.
The Editor
Immediate Past Editorial Board Members Larry I. Lipshultz, M.D.
Richard D. Amelar, M.D. Rudi Ansbacher, M.D. David F. Archer, M.D. Richard J. Blandau, Ph.D., M.D. Benjamin G. Brackett, D.V.M., Ph.D. Richard B. Bourne, M.D. Veasy C. Buttram, Jr., M.D.
J. William McRoberts, M.D. Richard P. Marrs, M.D. Donald J. Mehan, M.D. L. Russell Malinak, M.D. Ronald Nelson, M.D.
Abraham T. K. Cockett, M.D.
Carl J. Pauerstein, M.D.
Lawrence Dubin, M.D.
John J. Sciarra, M.D., Ph.D. James R. Scott, M.D. William N. Spellacy, M.D. Leon Speroff, M.D.
Charles B. Hammond, M.D. Mary Hammond, M.D. Robert Israel, M.D.
Luther M. Talbert, M.D. Donald R. Tredway, M.D., Ph.D.
Georgeanna Seegar Jones, M.D. Howard J. Judd, M.D.
Patrick C. Walsh, M.D. Anne Colston Wentz, M.D. Tiffany J. Williams, M.D.
Ad Hoc Reviewers-1988 GERRY ABRAHAM ANIBAL A. ACOSTA G. DAVID ADAMSON E. JAMES AlMAN R. JOHN AITKEN RICHARD D. AMELAR RICHARD N. ANDERSEN DEBORAH ANDERSON EVERETT ANDERSON TED ANDERSON WILLIAM C. ANDREWS RUDI ANSBACHER DAVID F. ARCHER MICHAEL S. BAGGISH JERALDBAIN DONNA D. BAIRD HILLIER L. BAKER, JR. G. DAVID BALL JOSE P. BALMACEDA ROBERT L. BARBIERI C. WAYNE BARDIN KATHERINE BASS BRUCE G. BATEMAN ALANE. BEER ZION BEN-RAFAEL MARC A. BERNHISEL GEORGEBETZ JOHN D. BIGGERS R. E. BILLINGHAM RICHARD E. BLACKWELL
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