Ernest Starling and 'Hormones': an historical commentary.
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One hundred years ago Ernest Starling (1866-1927), almost surreptitiously, slipped the word 'hormone' into the English language. This review, beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century, attempts to trace the growth of ideas in endocrinology up to this important moment.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of endocrinology
دوره 184 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005