Expression of steroid 5α-reductase isozymes in prostate of adult rats after environmental stress
✍ Scribed by Sánchez, Pilar; Torres, Jesús M.; Castro, Beatriz; Olmo, Asunción; del Moral, Raimundo G.; Ortega, Esperanza
- Book ID
- 119828690
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 416 KB
- Volume
- 280
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1327
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