Androgen and estrogen receptors expression in the rat exorbital lacrimal gland in relation to "harderianization"

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-306

  Ferrara, Diana ^a   Monteforte, Rossella ^b   Baccari, Gabriella Chieffi ^b   Minucci, Sergio ^a   Chieffi, Giovanni ^a  

^a Dipto di Medicina Sperimentale   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

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EID: 1942489006     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.20039     Document Type: Article

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