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Contraception

Safety studies of sperm agglutinating factor produced by Staphylococcus aureus as a vaginal contraceptive: in vivo studies

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Pages 956-960 | Received 04 Oct 2010, Accepted 03 Mar 2011, Published online: 18 Apr 2011

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