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Barratt CLR Li TC Monteiro EF . Diagnosis and detection of male accessory gland infection. In: Barratt CLR Cooke ID , eds. Advances in Clinical Andrology. Lancaster: MTP Press, 1988:91

Barratt CLR Robinson A Spencer RC . Seminal peroxidase positive cells are not an adequate indicator of asymptomatic urethral genital infection. Int J Anirol 1990; 13: 361–8

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Chauhan MC Barratt CLR Cooke S Cooke ID . A protocol for the recruitment and screening of semen donors for an artificial donor programme. Hum Reprod 1988; 3: 873–6