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Juergen Kratzsch1

  • 1Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Leipzig, Paul-List Strasse 13-15, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Best Practice & Research. Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
|November 3, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
IGF-ILHTSHerythropoietinhCGhormone-binding proteininsulinprolactinsoluble receptor

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