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CLINICAL ASPECTS OF THE GENETICS OF MALE INFERTILITY REVIEW AND HYPOTHESIS

A model for the importance of zinc in the dynamics of human sperm chromatin stabilization after ejaculation in relation to sperm DNA vulnerability

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Pages 86-92 | Received 19 Mar 2010, Accepted 28 May 2010, Published online: 04 Jan 2011

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