Adrenal Incidentaloma: A New Cause of the Metabolic Syndrome?
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.3.8277