New discoveries on the biology and detection of human chorionic gonadotropin.

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Published in Reprod Biol Endocrinol on January 26, 2009

Authors

Laurence A Cole1

Author Affiliations

1: USA hCG Reference Service, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. larry@hCGlab.com

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