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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
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Seminal Plasma

THE EFFECT OF CHYMOTRYPSIN ON THE DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY IN SEMINAL PLASMA AND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE LEVEL AND SEMEN PARAMETERS

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Pages 441-446 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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