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Insight into the growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor-I axis in cancer cachexia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

Chen Bing
Chen Bing*
Affiliation:
Neuroendocrine & Obesity Biology Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK
*
bing@liverpool.ac.uk
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 93 , Issue 6 , June 2005 , pp. 761 - 763
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