Calcitonin-Secreting Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
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عنوان ژورنال: AACE Clinical Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2376-0605
DOI: 10.4158/ep161592.cr