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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 24, 1990 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Differences in Lipoprotein Composition Between Heads and Tails of Human Sperm: An Infrared Spectroscopy Study

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Pages 17-27 | Received 28 Jun 1989, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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