Sex and gender differences in endocrinology

Sex and Gender Aspects in Clinical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 125-149

  Kautzky Willer, Alexandra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-832-4_9     Document Type: Chapter

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