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Dysplasia of the fibrous sheath with axonemal and centriolar defects combined with lack of mitochondrial activity as associated factors of ICSI failure in primary ciliary dyskinesia syndrome

INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL (2021)

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INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL

Volume 47, Issue 3, Pages 617-626

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BRAZILIAN SOC UROL

DOI: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2019.0362

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