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Issue
Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 28, Number 5, Mai 2012
Page(s) 497 - 502
Section Cellules germinales et infertilité mâle
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/2012285014
Published online 30 May 2012
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