Steroid metabolism in the brain: Role in sexual differentiation

Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 33-58

  Negri Cesi, Paola ^a   Poletti, Angelo ^a   Martini, Luciano ^a   Piva, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203710364     Document Type: Chapter

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