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It is suggested that putative metabolic inhibitor in anterior pituitary may correspond to chromogranin-like protein, and onset of its accumulation in prepubertal phase may be related to metamorphosis-like process, juvenile transition of somatic growth and to principal transformation from development to aging.
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