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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
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Research Article

ELICITING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY PLASMID DNA ENCODING A HUMAN SPERM PROTEIN (HSD-1)

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Pages 127-136 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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