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Ferritin and hemoglobin in pituitary gland extracts are mitogenic for rat mammary epithelial cells in culture

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    Mark C. Wilkinson, David G. Fernig, John A. Smith, Carmen A. Nunez de Croker & Phillip S. Rudland

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Wilkinson, M.C., Fernig, D.G., Smith, J.A. et al. Ferritin and hemoglobin in pituitary gland extracts are mitogenic for rat mammary epithelial cells in culture. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 34, 518–519 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-998-0108-8

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