The prenatal attenuation of brain/body development through interactions between growth hormone, triiodothyronine and testosterone during prenatal development of female neonates

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 237-245

  Tan, Üner ^a,b   Pençe, Sadrettin ^a   Tan, Meliha ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Academy of Sciences

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Growth hormone; Height; Human neonate; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032168764     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459809003342     Document Type: Article

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