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. 1958 Oct;37(10):1342–1347. doi: 10.1172/JCI103723

In Vitro Hydroxylation of Steroids by Whole Adrenal Homogenates of Beef, Normal Man, and Patients with the Adrenogenital Syndrome1

Alfred M Bongiovanni 1
PMCID: PMC1062808  PMID: 13575534

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