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Research Articles

Nuclear sperm integrity and ICSI prognosis in Tunisian patients with MMAF syndrome (multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella)

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Pages 1429-1438 | Received 02 Aug 2022, Accepted 15 Jun 2023, Published online: 06 Sep 2023

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