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Effects of Melatonin and its Relation to the Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal-Gonadal Axis

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Melatonin After Four Decades

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  1. “C.I.Parhon” Institute of Endocrinology, 34-36, Bd. Aviatorilor, R-79660, Bucharest, Romania

    Olga Ianaş, Dana Manda, Mariana Ionescu & Gh. Soare

  2. ФPharmex, Bucharest, Romania

    D. Câmpean

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Ianaş, O., Manda, D., Câmpean, D., Ionescu, M., Soare, G. (2002). Effects of Melatonin and its Relation to the Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal-Gonadal Axis. In: Olcese, J. (eds) Melatonin After Four Decades. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 460. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46814-X_35

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