Biochemical alterations in semen of varicocele patients: A review of the literature

Advances in Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mancini, Antonio ^a   Festa, Roberto ^b   Raimondo, Sebastiano ^a   Silvestrini, Andrea ^a   Giacchi, Elena ^a   Littarru, Gian Paolo ^c   Pontecorvi, Alfredo ^a   Meucci, Elisabetta ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b University of Marche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

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EID: 81755164706     PISSN: 16876369     EISSN: 16876377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/903931     Document Type: Review

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