Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 414-419 , February 2009

Testicular tumors as a possible cause of antisperm autoimmune response

Received 3 August 2007 ,Revised 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 27 November 2007.

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 Supported by a grant from the Italian Ministry of Education and Research (MIUR-COFIN) and the University of Rome “La Sapienza.”

PII: S0015-0282(07)04149-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.084

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