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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 34, 1995 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Interlaboratory Interprotocol Comparison of Indirect Immunobead Assay for Sperm-Associated Antibodies in Serum

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Pages 133-139 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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