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Schöneberg, T. (2006). Endo- und parakrine Regulation der Gonadenfunktion. In: Ganten, D., Ruckpaul, K., Köhrle, J. (eds) Molekularmedizinische Grundlagen von para- und autokrinen Regulationsstörungen. Molekulare Medizin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28782-5_25

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