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Factors influencing estrogen production and metabolism in postmenopausal women with endocrine cancer

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James, V.H.T., Folkerd, E.J., Bonney, R.C. et al. Factors influencing estrogen production and metabolism in postmenopausal women with endocrine cancer. J Endocrinol Invest 5, 335–345 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350524

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