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Human Fertility
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Volume 19, 2016 - Issue 4
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Original Articles

The experience of infertility treatment: the male perspective

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Pages 242-248 | Received 16 Jul 2015, Accepted 03 Dec 2015, Published online: 26 Aug 2016

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