Chapter II The melanin-concentrating hormone

Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 20, Issue , 2002, Pages 31-101

  Hervieu, Guillaume J ^a   Maulon Feraille, Laurence ^a   Chambers, Jonathan K ^a   Cluderay, Jane E ^a   Wilson, Shelagh ^a   Presse, Francoise ^a   Nahon, Jean Louis ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8196(02)80004-5     Document Type: Article

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