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DISCUSSION PAPER

How strict should specimen acceptance or rejection criteria be for diagnostic semen analysis? An opinion

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Pages 87-91 | Received 23 Apr 2014, Accepted 16 Jun 2014, Published online: 08 Oct 2014

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