The Journal of Urology
Volume 155, Issue 4 , Pages 1436-1438 , April 1996

High Levels of Soluble p55-TNF Receptors in Seminal and Prostatic Fluids of Normal and Infertile Men

,Accepted 25 August 1995.

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 This work was supported in part by grant No. 2967 from the Chief Scientist's Office of the Ministry of Health, Israel and by a grant from Inter-Lab., Ness-Ziona, Israel and by the Ministry of Health.

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The Journal of Urology
Volume 155, Issue 4 , Pages 1436-1438 , April 1996

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