Spermatogenesis

Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2015, Pages 2325-2353.e9

  de Kretser, David M ^a   Loveland, Kate ^a   O'Bryan, Moira ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-18907-1.00136-0     Document Type: Chapter

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