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Multiple factors involved in the control of ACTH secretion

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Proulx, L., Giguère, V., Côté, J. et al. Multiple factors involved in the control of ACTH secretion. J Endocrinol Invest 7, 257–263 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03348435

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