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Editorial

Is It Time to Integrate Sex and Gender into Drug Design and Development?

Manuela Rodriqueza Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (Sa), ItalyView further author information
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Rita Patrizia Aquinoa Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (Sa), Italy;b Osservatorio Interdipartimentale per gli Studi di Genere e le Pari Opportunità, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (Sa), ItalyView further author information
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Anna Maria D’Ursia Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (Sa), Italy;b Osservatorio Interdipartimentale per gli Studi di Genere e le Pari Opportunità, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (Sa), ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 557-559 | Published online: 29 Apr 2015

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