Regulation and Mechanism of Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Biosynthesis and Secretion

The Somatotrophic Axis in Brain Function

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 7-23

  Chan, C B ^a   Tse, Margaret C L ^a   Cheng, Christopher H K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088484-1/50004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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