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Isaias Glezer1, Cristoforo Scavone2, Maria Christina W Avellar3
1Department of Biochemistry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Frontiers in Endocrinology
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