Neurotrophic factors in the testis

Biomedical Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-30

  Müdler, Dieter ^a   Middendorff, Ralf ^a   Davidoff, Michail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 67949098329     PISSN: 1310392X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14748/bmr.v10.4     Document Type: Article

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