Microfluidics for sperm analysis and selection

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Nature reviews. Urology

• Publication date

  2017-10-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1038/nrurol.2017.175PMID 29089604
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