Finasteride Blocks the Reduction in Ictal Activity Produced by Exogenous Estrous Cyclicity

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  1998

• Venue

  Journal of neuroendocrinology

• Publication date

  1998-04-01

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  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00202.xPMID 9630399
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