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Original Articles

Semen parameters and pregnancy rates after microsurgical varicocelectomy in primary versus secondary infertile men

Essam-Elden MohamedDepartment of Dermatology and Andrology, Al-Azhar University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt; Correspondence[email protected]
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Mahwer GawishDepartment of Urology, Al-Azhar University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt;
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Aly MohamedDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Al-Azhar University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt
Pages 293-296 | Received 22 Jul 2016, Accepted 08 Nov 2016, Published online: 19 Apr 2017

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