The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 5, Part 1 , Pages 2073-2076 , November 2004

LOCALIZATION OF AQUAPORIN-7 IN HUMAN TESTIS AND EJACULATED SPERM: POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN MAINTENANCE OF SPERM QUALITY

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 Accepted for publication May 7, 2004.Supported by Grant-in-Aid 13137203 for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan.

PII: S0022-5347(05)60931-7

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000141499.08650.ab

The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 5, Part 1 , Pages 2073-2076 , November 2004

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