A CASE OF MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE I WITH PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PROLACTIN SECRETING PITUITARY MICROADENOMA AND GASTRIN SECRETING DUODENAL CARCINOID
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Urology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0021-5287,1884-7110
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.88.1032