Globular structure of human ovulatory cervical mucus.

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Published in FASEB J on July 02, 2007

Authors

Roberto Brunelli1, Massimiliano Papi, Giuseppe Arcovito, Adriano Bompiani, Massimo Castagnola, Tiziana Parasassi, Beatrice Sampaolese, Federica Vincenzoni, Marco De Spirito

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Scienze Ginecologiche, Perinatologia e Puericultura, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy.

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