Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 819-825 , March 2009

Quality and functional aspects of sperm retrieved through assisted ejaculation in men with spinal cord injury

Received 21 September 2007 ,Revised 17 December 2007 ,Accepted 17 December 2007.

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 A.E.R. has nothing to disclose. R.P.B. has nothing to disclose. D.M.S. has nothing to disclose. A.M. has nothing to disclose. M.B. has nothing to disclose. A.P.C. has nothing to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.060

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