Acromegaly presenting as cutis verticis gyrata
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Cutis verticis gyrata.
Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 15 No 2 June 2006 From the Departments of Neurology and Radiology, Lotung St Mary’s Hospital, I-Lan, Taiwan. Received October 19, 2005. Revised October 25, 2005. Accepted October 31, 2005. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Zen-Yong Chen, MD. Department of Neurology, Lotung St Mary’s Hospital, No. 160, Chong-Cheng S. Road, I-Lan, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw020