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The Sympathoadrenal System

Integrative Regulation of the Cortical and the Medullary Adrenal Functions

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  1. Director 1st Surgical Clinic, Hygeia Hospital, 227 Kifissias Avenue, 14561, Kifissia, Greece

    Dimitrios Linos

  2. Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, First Street SW 200, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Jon A. van Heerden

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Souvatzoglou, A. (2005). The Sympathoadrenal System. In: Linos, D., van Heerden, J.A. (eds) Adrenal Glands. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26861-8_4

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