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. 2015 Sep;90(9):E190-2.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.24083. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

Fertility in transfusion-dependent thalassemia men: effects of iron burden on the reproductive axis

Sylvia T Singer  1 , David Killilea  2 , Jung H Suh  2 , Zhiyue Jerry Wang  3 , Qing Yuan  3 , Kristen Ivani  4 , Patricia Evans  5 , Elliott Vichinsky  1 , Roland Fischer  6 , James F Smith  7
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Fertility in transfusion-dependent thalassemia men: effects of iron burden on the reproductive axis

Sylvia T Singer et al. Am J Hematol. 2015 Sep.
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