Growing points. Hormones and the endocrine system.
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Hormones and the Endocrine System
The 15 years since 1950 have seen the discovery of aldosterone, calcitonin, and a long-acting thyroid stimulator, and the development of sensitive and specific assay methods for many of the hormones in plasma. Our understanding of many endocrine diseases has greatly increased, even though treatment has not changed dramatically. In this article I propose to deal with some of the more important o...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5481.225