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Is delayed capacitation a complicating factor in the treatment of idiopathic infertility by intrauterine insemination?

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    M. J. Tucker, M. K. H. Leong, C. K. M. Leung, C. J. Y. Wong & H. H. Y. Chan

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Tucker, M.J., Leong, M.K.H., Leung, C.K.M. et al. Is delayed capacitation a complicating factor in the treatment of idiopathic infertility by intrauterine insemination?. J Assist Reprod Genet 4, 245–247 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01533766

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