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E Blevrakis1, E Chatzidarellis2, D Anyfantakis3

  • 1Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. e.blevrakis@med.uoc.gr.

Hernia : the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery
|March 4, 2015
PubMed
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Keywords:
Gonadal functionInhibin BVaricocele

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