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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 32, 1994 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Effect of Human Sperm Capacitation Treatments on the Penetration of Freshly Obtained and Zona-Free Frozen Hamster Oocytes

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Pages 5-11 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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