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. 2005 Dec 31;27(3):213–223. doi: 10.1007/s11357-005-3625-3

Pharmacological intervention in invertebrate aging

Gordon J Lithgow 1,✉, Matthew S Gill 1, Anders Olsen 1, James N Sampayo 1
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