Urology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Page 592 , March 2005

Bilateral testicular tumors in an infertile man previously treated with follicle-stimulating hormones

Received 25 June 2004 ,Accepted 14 September 2004.

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PII: S0090-4295(04)01083-0

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.09.017

Urology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Page 592 , March 2005

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