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EVALUATION OF ACROSOME REACTIVITY USING THE ACROBEADS TEST IN VARICOCELE PATIENTS: FINDINGS BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT

H. FUSE Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medicaland Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
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M. IWASAKI Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medicaland Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
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I. MIZUNO Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medicaland Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
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Y. IKEHARA-KAWAUCHI Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medicaland Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
Pages 1-6 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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