Melatonin and human reproduction: Shedding light on the darkness hormone

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Gynecological Endocrinology

• Publication date

  2009-11-12

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.3109/09513590903159649PMID 19905996
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