Site and risk factors of antisperm antibodies production in the male population

Immune Infertility: The Impact of Immune Reactions on Human Infertility

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-109

  Marconi, Marcelo ^a   Weidner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84857686991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01379-9_8     Document Type: Chapter

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