Growth Hormone Antagonists. A Pharmacological Tool in Present and Future Therapies

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Growth Hormone Antagonists. A Pharmacological Tool in Present and Future Therapies. / Kopchick, John J.; Qiu, Lingua; Gosney, Elahu; Keller, Chad; Palmer, Amanda; Sankaran, Sudha.

The Somatotrophic Axis in Brain Function. Elsevier Science Inc., 2005. p. 313-326.

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Harvard

Kopchick, JJ, Qiu, L, Gosney, E, Keller, C, Palmer, A & Sankaran, S 2005, Growth Hormone Antagonists. A Pharmacological Tool in Present and Future Therapies. in The Somatotrophic Axis in Brain Function. Elsevier Science Inc., pp. 313-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012088484-1/50027-6

APA

Kopchick, J. J., Qiu, L., Gosney, E., Keller, C., Palmer, A., & Sankaran, S. (2005). Growth Hormone Antagonists. A Pharmacological Tool in Present and Future Therapies. In The Somatotrophic Axis in Brain Function (pp. 313-326). Elsevier Science Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012088484-1/50027-6

Vancouver

Kopchick JJ, Qiu L, Gosney E, Keller C, Palmer A, Sankaran S. Growth Hormone Antagonists. A Pharmacological Tool in Present and Future Therapies. In The Somatotrophic Axis in Brain Function. Elsevier Science Inc. 2005. p. 313-326 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012088484-1/50027-6

Author

Kopchick, John J. ; Qiu, Lingua ; Gosney, Elahu ; Keller, Chad ; Palmer, Amanda ; Sankaran, Sudha. / Growth Hormone Antagonists. A Pharmacological Tool in Present and Future Therapies. The Somatotrophic Axis in Brain Function. Elsevier Science Inc., 2005. pp. 313-326

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