Physiology of testicular function

Andrology: Male Reproductive Health and Dysfunction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 11-59

  Weinbauer, Gerhard F ^a   Luetjens, Craig Marc ^a   Simoni, Manuela ^b   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^c  

^a Covance Laboratories GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78355-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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