Characteristics of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome due to thymic carcinoid and analysis of the molecular mechanism
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عنوان ژورنال: Chinese Medical Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0366-6999
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200804010-00018