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Invited lecture at the XV Congress of the Spanish Anatomical Society, Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, December 1993.
Scientific Article n. 6579, Contribution n. 8791 of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station (Department of Poultry Science).
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Panzica, G., Aste, N., Viglietti-Panzica, C. et al. Structural sex differences in the brain: Influence of gonadal steroids and behavioral correlates. J Endocrinol Invest 18, 232–252 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03347808
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