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5 citations,
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2 citations,
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1 citations,
January 2024 in “Curēus” Clinicians should use social and prescription data to track trends in performance-enhancing drug use.
1 citations,
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50 citations,
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1 citations,
June 2022 in “Frontiers in Neuroanatomy” Early hormones shape sex-specific differences in rat glands.
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46 citations,
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36 citations,
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8 citations,
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26 citations,
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74 citations,
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131 citations,
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2 citations,
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1 citations,
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