Growth factors and the epididymis.
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Acknowledgements: We thank Dr. Jeffrey Lysiak for his critical reading of the manuscript.
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s of the Third International Conference on the Epididymis, Hinton BT, Turner TT, eds. Charlottesville, Va: The Van Doren
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of andrology
دوره 27 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006