Seminal Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Level and Sperm Nuclear DNA Integrity in Healthy Donors
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Kim, Hyun-Jun
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Jee, Byung-Chul (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) Moon, Jeong-Hee (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) Lee, Jung-Ryeol (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) Suh, Chang-Suk (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) Kim, Seok-Hyun (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) |
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