ABSENCE OF EFFECT OF RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE TO CLASSIC GONADOTROPIN TREATMENT ON SPERMATOGENESIS OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM

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