Male autoimmune infertility

Immune Infertility: The Impact of Immune Reactions on Human Infertility

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-153

  Francavilla, Felice ^a   Barbonetti, Arcangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 84890821622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01379-9_12     Document Type: Chapter

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