Alternative methods for the diagnosis of macroprolactinemia: urine prolactin level and serum / urine prolactin ratio
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عنوان ژورنال: Dicle Tıp Dergisi
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1300-2945
DOI: 10.5798/dicletip.534848