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Immobilized and hypo-osmotic swollen spermatozoa on intracytoplasmic sperm injection

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Chida, S. Immobilized and hypo-osmotic swollen spermatozoa on intracytoplasmic sperm injection. J Assist Reprod Genet 12, 453–455 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02211147

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