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Radiation effects on male fertility

F De Felice1, C Marchetti2, F Marampon3

  • 1Department of Radiotherapy, Policlinico Umberto I "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Andrology
|November 10, 2018
PubMed
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Keywords:
fertilitylate effectsoligospermiaradiationradiotherapyspermatogenesisspermatogonia

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