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Modulating Mechanisms of Neuroendocrine Cell Activity: The LHRH Pulse Generator

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  1. Women's Health Research Institute, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, 145 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 19087

    Francisco J. López, István J. Merchenthaler & Andrés Negro-Vilar

  2. Current address: Centre Clinico PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6690/801 Porto Alegre, Brazil, 90610-000

    Marcelo Moretto

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López, F.J., Merchenthaler, I.J., Moretto, M. et al. Modulating Mechanisms of Neuroendocrine Cell Activity: The LHRH Pulse Generator. Cell Mol Neurobiol 18, 125–146 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022531411717

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