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Chapter 7 - Hypothalamic Regulation of Prolactin Secretion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2018

Michael Wilkinson  and
S. Ali Imran
Michael Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
S. Ali Imran
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
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Clinical Neuroendocrinology
An Introduction
 , pp. 118 - 133
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Ben-Jonathan, N, LaPensee, C R & LaPensee, E W. (2008). What can we learn from rodents about prolactin in humans? Endocr Revs 29, 1–41.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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