Neuroendocrine control of testicular function

Male Reproductive Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 21-33

  Winters, Stephen J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

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