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. 1999 Oct;16(9):504–507. doi: 10.1023/A:1020511318806

The Effect of Colchicine Treatment on Spermatozoa: A Cytogenetic Approach

Peter Kastrop 1, Ine Kimmel, Laszlo Bancsi, Sjerp Weima, Jacques Giltay
PMCID: PMC3455632  PMID: 10530407

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