Cryopreservation of spermatozoa: Old routine and new perspectives

Principles and Practice of Fertility Preservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 176-198

  Isachenko, E ^a   Isachenko, V ^a   Sanchez, R ^b   Katkov, I I ^c   Kreienberg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921896.017     Document Type: Chapter

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