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Introduction: hormones, blood cells and immunity, with special reference to prolactin, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, Free University of Brussels (VUB), B-1090, Brussels, Belgium

    E. L. Hooghe-Peters & R. Hooghe

  2. Environmental Toxicology, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), B-2400, Mol, Belgium

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Hooghe-Peters, E.L., Hooghe, R. Introduction: hormones, blood cells and immunity, with special reference to prolactin, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I. CMLS, Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 54, 1057–1058 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000180050233

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