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    "Shandong Key Laboratory of Endocrine Metabolism and Aging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250001, P.R. China",
    "Shandong Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250001, P.R. China",
    "Shandong Engineering Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250001, P.R. China"
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  "title": "Mechanisms of the interaction between aging of the male reproductive system and obesity, and clinical management strategies (Review)",
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