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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 7, 1981 - Issue 4
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Original Article

Intraindividual Variability of Concanavalin a Binding to the Plasmalemma of Human Spermatozoa

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Pages 307-311 | Received 24 Feb 1981, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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