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New England Journal of Medicine 333: 1517–1521 Author information Authors and Affiliations Editor information Editors and Affiliations Rights and permissions Copyright information © 1997 Springer Science+Business Media New York About this chapter Cite this chapter Kunz, G., Beil, D., Deiniger, Н., Einspanier, A., Mall, G., Leyendecker, G. (1997). The Uterine Peristaltic Pump. In: Ivell, R., Holstein, AF. (eds) The Fate of the Male Germ Cell. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 424. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5913-9_49 Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5913-9_49 Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA Print ISBN: 978-1-4613-7711-5 Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-5913-9 eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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