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Research Article

Impact of waterpipe and tobacco cigarette smoking on global DNA methylation and nuclear proteins genes transcription in spermatozoa: a comparative investigation

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Pages 175-184 | Received 01 Nov 2022, Accepted 24 Apr 2023, Published online: 05 May 2023

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