Ultrastructural studies of the effect of steroid hormones on pars recta secretions in Bufo arenarum

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Fernandez, Silvia N ^a   Miceli, Dora C ^a   Whitacre, Cecilia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0031013206     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199701)231:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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