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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 40, 1998 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Correlation Between Sperm Membrane Destabilization by Heparin and Aniline Blue Staining as Membrane Integrity Index

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Pages 147-152 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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