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. 1985 Oct;142:73–83.

Anatomical localisation of neuromelanin in the brains of the frog and tadpole. Ultrastructural comparison of neuromelanin with other melanins^*

Milena Kemali ¹, Domenico Gioffré ¹

PMCID: PMC1166364 PMID: 17103591

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