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. 1991 May 11;302(6785):1149. doi: 10.1136/bmj.302.6785.1149

Pituitary growth hormone and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

M E Macario, M Vaisman, A Buescu, V Moura Neto, H M Araujo, C Chagas

PMCID: PMC1669802 PMID: 2043794

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Selected References

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