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. 1962 Jan;41(1):20–28. doi: 10.1172/JCI104463

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE IN HUMAN PLASMA*

Vernon K Vance 1,†, William J Reddy 1, Don H Nelson 1,‡, George W Thorn 1
PMCID: PMC289190  PMID: 13924669

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