Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 123-129 , July 2005

Fluorescence in situ hybridization and molecular studies in infertile men with dysplasia of the fibrous sheath

Received 20 July 2004 ,Accepted 10 January 2005.

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 This study was financed by University of Siena Piano di Ateneo per la Ricerca (Università di Siena) grant 2003 and Azienda Ospedaliera Senese, Siena, Italy.

PII: S0015-0282(05)00670-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.128

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 123-129 , July 2005

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