Infertility. The Male

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 366-380

  Kim, Howard H ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374271-1.00034-4     Document Type: Chapter

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