Corticosteroid hormones in neuroprotection and brain damage

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-192

  De Kloet, E Ronald ^a   Joëls, Marian ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001247407     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-199604000-00018     Document Type: Article

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