Hormones and Cytokines. Gender-Specific Effects

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 592-596

  Cutolo, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 84858399403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374271-1.00050-2     Document Type: Chapter

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