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Human chorionic gonadotropin inhibits proliferation and induces expression of inhibin in human breast epithelial cells in vitro

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Alvarado, M.V., Alvarado, N.E., Russo, J. et al. Human chorionic gonadotropin inhibits proliferation and induces expression of inhibin in human breast epithelial cells in vitro. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 30, 4–8 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631407

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