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Causes in the Male

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Impaired fertility in the male is caused by either faulty sperm production (spermatogenesis) or faulty delivery of sperm.

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Melvin L. Taymor M.D. (Professor of Life Sciences and Technology and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Melvin L. Taymor M.D. (Professor of Life Sciences and Technology and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

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Taymor, M.L. (1990). Causes in the Male. In: Infertility. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0627-6_5

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