The pars tuberalis of the pituitary: A gateway for neuroendocrine output

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-161

  Morgan, Peter J ^a   Williams, Lynda M ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 0030237245     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0010153     Document Type: Article

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