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A L Barkan1, C A Jaffe, V Padmanabhan

  • 1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and the Reproductive Sciences Program, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0354; and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105USA.

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|April 1, 1997
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