Prevalence of sexually transmissible pathogens in semen from asymptomatic male infertility patients with and without leukocytospermia.

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Published in Fertil Steril on April 11, 2007

Authors

Guntram Bezold1, Joseph A Politch, Nancy B Kiviat, Jane M Kuypers, Hans Wolff, Deborah J Anderson

Author Affiliations

1: Fearing Research Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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