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Chapter 11 - The brain as an endocrine organ (including the pineal gland)

from Section III - Anatomical endocrine pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

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M. Beatriz S. Lopes
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Endocrine Pathology , pp. 283 - 314
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