Putative melatonin receptors in the male reproductive tissues

Frontiers of Hormone Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 1996, Pages 90-100

  Shiu, S Y W ^a   Yu, Z H ^b   Chow, P H ^c   Pang, S F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

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