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January 2018 in “General Physiology and Biophysics” The steroids allopregnanolone and allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosteron worsened absence seizures in rats.
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January 2014 in “Medical Hypotheses” Higher DHT in male baldness may protect against prostate cancer.
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