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Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 3, 1979 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Endocrine studies of azoospermia, II. Serum steroid levels in obstructive azoospermia

M. I. Abdalla Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Andrology/Venereal Disease, Cairo University, and the Radioimmunology and Biochemistry Unit, Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo, Egypt
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I. I. Ibrahim Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Andrology/Venereal Disease, Cairo University, and the Radioimmunology and Biochemistry Unit, Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo, Egypt
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A. M. Rizk Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Andrology/Venereal Disease, Cairo University, and the Radioimmunology and Biochemistry Unit, Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo, Egypt
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W. T. El Agouz Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Andrology/Venereal Disease, Cairo University, and the Radioimmunology and Biochemistry Unit, Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo, Egypt
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S. M. Girgis Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Andrology/Venereal Disease, Cairo University, and the Radioimmunology and Biochemistry Unit, Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo, Egypt
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A. A. Etriby Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Andrology/Venereal Disease, Cairo University, and the Radioimmunology and Biochemistry Unit, Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo, Egypt
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R. El Daghly Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Andrology/Venereal Disease, Cairo University, and the Radioimmunology and Biochemistry Unit, Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo, Egypt
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Pages 163-166 | Received 09 Apr 1979, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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