Health concerns regarding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on male fertility |
Mosleh, Hamidreza
(Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences)
Moradi, Fatemeh (Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences) Mehdizadeh, Mehdi (Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences) Ajdary, Marziyeh (Endometriosis Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences) Moeinzadeh, Alaa (Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences) Shabani, Ronak (Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences) |
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