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. 1961 Jan;155(1):98–114. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1961.sp006616

Neurohypophysial hormones of non-mammalian vertebrates

H Heller, B T Pickering
PMCID: PMC1359842  PMID: 13713111

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