Disappearance of a virilizing adrenal tumor following therapy with cyproterone acetate
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Disappearance of a virilizing adrenal tumor following therapy with cyproterone acetate.
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine-Related Cancer
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1351-0088,1479-6821
DOI: 10.1677/erc.1.01065