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An Overview of the Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutic Potential of Gossypol as a Male Contraceptive Agent and in Gynaecological Disease

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Wu, D. An Overview of the Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutic Potential of Gossypol as a Male Contraceptive Agent and in Gynaecological Disease. Drugs 38, 333–341 (1989). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-198938030-00001

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